Islamic Dua Directory

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  • Dua to seek forgiveness and ultimate protection for yourself and your family

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    O Allah, I seek Your forgiveness and Your protection in this world and the next. O Allah, I seek Your forgiveness and Your protection in my religion, in my worldly affairs, in my family and in my wealth. O Allah, conceal my secrets and preserve me from anguish. O Allah, guard me from what is in front of me and behind me, from my left, and from my right, and from above me. I seek refuge in Your Greatness from being struck down from beneath me.

     
    اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ الْعَفْوَ وَالْعَافِيَةَ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَالْآخِرَةِ، اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ الْعَفْوَ وَالْعَافِيَةَ فِي دِينِي وَدُنْيَايَ وَأَهْللِي، وَمَالِي، اللَّهُمَّ اسْتُرْ عَوْرَاتِي، وَآمِنْ رَوْعَاتِي، اللَّهُمَّ احْفَظْنِي مِنْ بَيْنِ يَدَيَّ، وَمِنْ خَلْفِي، وَعَنْ يَمِينِي، وَعَنْ شِمَالِي، وَمِنْ فَوْقِي، وَأَعُوذُ بِعَظَمَتِكَ أَنْ أُغْتَالَ مِنْ تَحْتِي
     
    Sahih Ibn Majah 2/332 and Abu Dawud.
     

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    Allaahumma ‘innee ‘as’alukal-‘afwa wal’aafiyata fid-dunyaa wal’aakhirati, Allaahumma ‘innee ‘as’alukal-‘afwa wal’aafiyata fee deenee wa dunyaaya wa ‘ahlee, wa maalee, Allaahum-mastur ‘awraatee, wa ‘aamin raw’aatee, Allaahum-mahfadhnee min bayni yadayya, wa min khalfee, wa ‘an yameenee, wa ‘an shimaalee, wa min fawqee, wa ‘a’oothu bi’adhamatika ‘an ‘ughtaala min tahtee.
     
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  • Dua for the safe return of your family/friends

    “Allah is the best guardian, and He is the most merciful of the merciful.”

    فَاللَّهُ خَيْرٌ حَـٰفِظًا ۖ وَهُوَ أَرْحَمُ الرَّاحِمِينَ

    Fallaahu khayrun hafithan wahuwa arhamur-raahimeen

    Surah Yusuf Alaihissalaam , verse 64

    This is the supplication of Prophet Ya’qub Alaihissalaam.

    Read this dua for the safe return of your family or friends who are traveling.

    After Yusuf Alaihissalaam became minister of Egypt and the seven years of abundance passed, then came the seven years of drought that struck all areas of Egypt. The drought also reached the area of Kana`an (Canaan), where Prophet Ya`qub, peace be upon him, and his children resided. Prophet Yusuf Alaihissalaam efficiently guarded the people’s harvest and collected it, and what he collected became a great fortune for the people. This also permitted Yusuf Alaihissalaam to give gifts to the people who sought his aid from various areas who came to buy food and provisions for their families. Yusuf Alaihissalaam would not give a family man more than whatever a camel could carry, as annual provisions for them. Yusuf Alaihissalaam himself did not fill his stomach from this food, nor did the king and his aids eat except one meal a day. By doing so, the people could sustain themselves with what they had for the remainder of the seven years. Indeed, Yusuf Alaihissalaam was a mercy from Allah sent to the people of Egypt.

     

    Yusuf Alaihissalaam ‘s brothers were among those who came to Egypt to buy food supplies, by the order of their father. They knew that the `Aziz of Egypt was selling food to people who need it for a low price, so they took some merchandise from their land with them to exchange it for food. They were ten, because Ya`qub peace be upon him kept his son and Yusuf Alaihissalaam ‘s brother Binyamin with him. Binyamin was the dearest of his sons to him after Yusuf Alaihissalaam . When Prophet Yusuf Alaihissalaam ‘s brothers entered on him in his court and the center of his authority, he knew them the minute he saw them. However, they did not recognize him because they got rid of him when he was still young, and sold him to a caravan of travelers while unaware of their destination. They could not have imagined that Yusuf Alaihissalaam would end up being a minister, and this is why they did not recognize him, while he did recognize them. As-Suddi said that Yusuf Alaihissalaam started talking to his brothers and asked them, “What brought you to my land” They said, “O, `Aziz, we came to buy provisions.” He asked them, “You might be spies.” They said, “Allah forbids.” He asked them, “Where are you from” They said, “From the area of Kana`an, and our father is Allah’s Prophet Ya`qub.” He asked them, “Does he have other children besides you” They said, “Yes, we were twelve brothers. Our youngest died in the desert, and he used to be the dearest to his father. His full brother is alive and his father kept him, so that his closeness compensates him for losing our youngest brother ﴿who died﴾.” Yusuf Alaihissalaam ordered that his brothers be honored and allowed to remain,

    And when he furnished them with their provisions, according to their needs and gave them what they wanted to buy, he said to them, “Bring me your brother from your father’s side whom you mentioned, so that I know that you have told me the truth.”

    He continued,

    (See you not that I give full measure, and that I am the best of the hosts) encouraging them to return to him.

    He then threatened them,

    (But if you bring him not to me, there shall be no measure (of corn) for you with me. ) He threatened them that if the next time they come without Binyamin with them, they will not be allowed to buy the food that they need,

    They said: “We shall try to get permission (for him) from his father, and verily, we shall do it.”)

    Allah said,

    (And ﴿Yusuf Alaihissalaam ﴾ told his servants), or his slaves,

    (to put their money), or the merchandise they brought with them to exchange for food,

    (into their bags,), while they were unaware,

    (in order that they might come again.) It was said that Yusuf Alaihissalaam did this because he feared that his brothers might not have any more merchandise they could bring with them to exchange for food.

    (63. So, when they returned to their father, they said: “O our father! No more measure of grain shall we get (unless we take our brother). So send our brother with us, and we shall get our measure and truly, we will guard him.”) (64. He said: “Can I entrust him to you except as I entrusted his brother ﴿Yusuf Alaihissalaam ﴾ to you aforetime But Allah is the Best to guard, and He is the Most Merciful of those who show mercy.”)

    This is why Prophet Ya`qub Alaihissalaam asked them, `Will you do to him except what you did to his brother Yusuf Alaihissalaam before, when you took him away from me and separated me from him’

    (But Allah is the Best to guard, and He is the Most Merciful of those who show mercy.) Ya`qub Alaihissalaam said, `Allah has the most mercy with me among all those who show mercy, He is compassionate with me for my old age, feebleness and eagerness for my son. I invoke Allah to return him to me, and to allow him and I to be together; for surely, He is the Most Merciful of those who show mercy.’

     

  • Dua to seek Allah’s protection for yourself and your family

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    ” My Lord, Save me and my family from [the consequence of] what they do.”

    رَبِّ نَجِّنِي وَأَهْلِي مِمَّا يَعْمَلُونَ

    Rabbi najjinee wa-ahlee mimmaa ya’maloon

    Surah Ash-Shuara, verse 169

    This is the prayer of Prophet Lut Alaihissalaam.

    This dua can be recited for:-

    • Victory and success
    • Protection from your enemies and the wrong-doers
    • To seek Allah’s Protection for yourself and your family

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    Here Allah tells us about His servant and Messenger Lut, peace be upon him. He was Lut bin Haran bin Azar, the nephew of Ibrahim Al-Khalil, upon him be peace. Allah sent him to a mighty nation during the lifetime of Ibrahim, peace be upon them both. They lived in Sadum (Sodom) and its environs, where Allah destroyed them and turned the area into a putrid, stinking lake, which is well-known in the land of Al-Ghur the Jordan Valley, bordering the mountains of Jerusalem, between the mountains and the land of Al-Karak and Ash-Shawbak.

    He called them to Allah, to worship Him alone with no partner or associate, and to obey the Messenger whom Allah sent to them. He forbade from disobeying Allah and committing the sin that they had invented which was unknown on earth before their time; intercourse with males instead of with females.

    Their response was only to say:

    (167. They said: “If you cease not, O Lut, verily, you will be one of those who are driven out!”)

    (168. He said: “I am indeed of those who disapprove with severe anger and fury your behavior.”)

    Then he prayed to Allah against them and said:

    (169. “My Lord! Save me and my family from what they do.”)

    Allah says: (170. So, We saved him and his family, all,) (171. Except an old woman among those who remained behind.)

    This was his wife, who was a bad old woman. She stayed behind and was destroyed with whoever else was left. This is similar to what Allah says about them in Surat Al-A`raf and Surah Hud, and in Surat Al-Hijr, where Allah commanded him to take his family at night, except for his wife, and not to turn around when they heard the Sayhah as it came upon his people. So they patiently obeyed the command of Allah and persevered, and Allah sent upon the people a punishment which struck them all, and rained upon them stones of baked clay, piled up.