Islamic Dua Directory

Tag: Surah

  • Dua for increase in your sustenance/income

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    “O Allah , our Lord, send down to us a table spread (with food) from the heaven to be for us a festival for the first of us and the last of us and a sign from You; and provide for us sustenance,and You are the Best of providers.”

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

    Allaahumma rabbanaa anzil ‘alaynaa maaidatan minas-samaai takoonu lanaa ‘eedan li-awwalinaa wa aakhirinaa wa aayatan minka warzuqnaa wa anta khayrur-raaziqeen

    Surah Al-Maida ,verse 114

    This is the prayer of Prophet Isa Alaihissalaam

    It can be recited for the following purposes.

    • Increase in your sustenance
    • To invoke Allah for His help and provision

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    Word-by-word meanings:-

    TransliterationArabicTranslation
    Allaahummaاللَّهُمَّ O Allah ,
    rabbanaa رَبَّنَا our Lord
    anzilأَنزِلْ send down
    ‘alaynaa عَلَيْنَا to us
    maaidatanمَآئِدَةً a table spread (with food)
    minas-samaai مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ from the heaven
    takoonuتَكُونُ to be
    lanaaلَنَا for us
    ‘eedan عِيدًا a festival
    li-awwalinaaلِّأَوَّلِنَا for the first of us
    wa aakhirinaa وَآخِرِنَا and the last of us
    wa aayatanوَآيَةً and a sign
    minka مِّنكَ ۖ from You
    warzuqnaa وَارْزُقْنَا and provide for us
    wa anta وَأَنتَ and You
    khayruخَيْرُ (are) the Best
    Ar-raaziqeenالرَّازِقِينَ(of) the providers

    Allah says in the Holy Quran:-

    (112. (Remember) when Al-Hawariyun said: “O `Isa, son of Maryam! Can your Lord send down to us a Ma’idah from heaven” `Isa said: “Have Taqwa of Allah, if you are indeed believers.”) (113. They said: “We wish to eat thereof and to be stronger in faith, and to know that you have indeed told us the truth and that we ourselves be its witnesses. ”)

     

    This is the story of the Ma’idah, the name of which this Surah bears, Surat Al-Ma’idah. This is also among the favors that Allah granted His servant and Messenger, `Isa, accepting his request to send the Ma’idah down, and doing so as clear proof and unequivocal evidence.

     

    The Ma’idah is the table that has food on it. Some scholars said that the disciples requested this table because they were poor and deprived. So they asked `Isa Alaihissalaam to supplicate to Allah to send a table of food down to them that they could eat from every day and thus be more able to perform the acts of worship.

    (`Isa Alaihissalaam, son of Maryam Alaihissalaam, said: “O Allah, our Lord! Send us from heaven a table spread (with food) that there may be for us — for the first and the last of us — a festival…”)

     

    As-Suddi commented that the Ayah means, “We will take that day on which the table was sent down as a day of celebration, that we and those who come after us would consider sacred.” Sufyan Ath-Thawri said that it means, “A day of prayer.”

     

    (and a sign from You. ) proving that You are able to do all things and to accept my supplication, so that they accept what I convey to them from You,

     

    (and provide us sustenance,) a delicious food from You that does not require any effort or hardship,

     

    “For You are the Best of sustainers.”

     




    (115. Allah said: “I am going to send it down unto you, but if any of you after that disbelieves, then I will punish him with a torment such as I have not inflicted on anyone among the `Alamin.”)

     

    So the angels brought the table down containing seven fish and seven pieces of bread and placed it before them. So the last group of people ate as the first group did.” Ibn Jarir recorded that Ishaq bin `Abdullah said that the table was sent down to `Isa Alaihissalaam ,son of Maryam Alaihissalaam, having seven pieces of bread and seven fish, and they ate from it as much as they wished. But when some of them stole food from it, saying, “It might not come down tomorrow,” the table ascended. These statements testify that the table was sent down to the Children of Israel during the time of `Isa Alaihissalaam, son of Maryam Alaihissalaam, as a result of Allah’s accepting his supplication to Him.

  • Dua for Forgiveness and noor (light)


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    “Our Lord, Perfect for us our light and grant us forgiveness. Indeed, You have power over all things.”

    رَبَّنَا أَتْمِمْ لَنَا نُورَنَا وَاغْفِرْ لَنَا ۖ إِنَّكَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ

    Rabbanaa atmim lanaa nooranaa waghfir lanaa innaka ‘alaa kulli shayin qadeer.

    Surah At-Tahrim, verse 8

    It can be recited for

    • To seek forgiveness
    • To regain your vision
    • For the improvement of impaired eye-sight

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    Allah says in the Holy Quran:-

    O you who have believed, repent to Allah with sincere repentance. Perhaps your Lord will remove from you your misdeeds and admit you into gardens beneath which rivers flow [on] the Day when Allah will not disgrace the Prophet and those who believed with him. Their light will proceed before them and on their right; they will say, “Our Lord, perfect for us our light and forgive us. Indeed, You are over all things competent.”

    Mujahid, Ad-Dahhak and Al-Hasan Al-Basri and other said, “This is the statement that the believers will say on the Day of Resurrection, when they witness the light of the hypocrites being extinguished.” Imam Ahmad recorded that a man from the tribe of Banu Kinanah said, “I prayed behind the Messenger of Allah during the year of the Conquest (of Makkah), and heard him say,

    (O Allah! Please, do not disgrace me on the Day of Resurrection.)”

  • Dua for Success in all your affairs

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    “Our Lord! Grant us mercy from Yourself, and facilitate for us our affair in the right way!”

    رَبَّنَا آتِنَا مِن لَّدُنكَ رَحْمَةً وَهَيِّئْ لَنَا مِنْ أَمْرِنَا رَشَدًا

    Rabbanaa aatinaa min ladunka rahmatan wahayyi lanaa min amrinaa rashadaa

    Surah Al-Kahf, verse 10

    It can be recited for

    • Success in all your affairs
    • Fulfillment of all types of needs. For example marriage, business, jobs, exams etc
    • To gain Allah’s Mercy
    • To invoke Allah to ease all your tasks for you
    • For all types of tests,exams and interviews.

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    TransliterationArabicTranslation
    Rabbanaa رَبَّنَا Our Lord
    aatinaa آتِنَا Grant us
    min ladunkaمِن لَّدُنكَ from Yourself,
    rahmatan رَحْمَةً mercy
    wahayyiوَهَيِّئْ and facilitate
    lanaa لَنَا for us
    min مِنْ from
    amrinaa أَمْرِنَا our affair
    rashadaaرَشَدًا in the right way

    The Story of the People of Al-Kahf

    Allah says in the Holy Quran:-

    ” (9. Do you think that the people of Al-Kahf and Ar-Raqim were a wonder among Our signs) (10. When the young men fled for refuge to Al-Kahf. They said: “Our Lord! Bestow on us mercy from Yourself, and facilitate for us our affair in the right way!”) (11. Therefore, We covered up their hearing in Al-Kahf for a number of years.) (12. Then We raised them up, that We might test which of the two parties was best at calculating the time period they tarried.)

    Al-Kahf refers to a cave in a mountain, which is where the young men sought refuge. With regard to the word Ar-Raqim, Al-`Awfi reported from Ibn `Abbas that it is a valley near Aylah.

    Ad-Dahhak said: “As for Al-Kahf, it is a cave in the valley, and Ar-Raqim is the name of the valley.”

     

    Here Allah tells us about those young men who fled from their people for the sake of their religion, fearing persecution. So they fled taking refuge in the cave of a mountain, where they hid from their people.

    Allah states that they were boys or young men, and that they were more accepting of the truth and more guided than the elders who had become stubbornly set in their ways and clung to the religion of falsehood. For the same reason, most of those who responded to Allah and His Messenger were young people. As for the elders of Quraysh, most of them kept to their religion and only a few of them became Muslims. So Allah tells us that the people of the cave were young men.

    It has been mentioned that they were followers of the religion of Al-Masih `Isa, `Isa bin Maryam, but Allah knows best. It seems that they lived before the time of Christianity altogether, because if they had been Christians, the Jewish rabbis would not have cared about perserving because of their differences. We have mentioned above the report from Ibn `Abbas that the Quraysh sent a message to the Jewish rabbis in Al-Madinah to ask them for things with which they could test the Messenger of Allah , and they told them to ask him about these young men, and about Dhul-Qarnayn (the man who traveled much) and about the Ruh. This indicates that this story was something recorded in the books of the People of the Book, and that it came before Christianity. And Allah knows best.

    Allah says: `We gave them the patience to go against their people and their city, and to leave behind the life of luxury and ease that they had been living.’ Several of the earlier and later Tafsir scholars have mentioned that they were sons of the kings and leaders of Byzantium, and that they went out one day to one of the festivals of their people. They used to gather once a year outside the city, and they would worship idols and offer sacrifices to them. They had an arrogant, tyrannical king who was called Decianus, who commanded and encouraged the people to do that. When the people went out to attend this gathering, these young men went out with their fathers and their people, and when they saw their people’s actions with clear insight, they realized that the prostrations and sacrifices the people were offering to their idols should only be dedicated to Allah, Who created the heavens and the earth. Each of them started to withdraw from his people and keep aloof from them. The first one of them to move away on his own went and sat in the shade of a tree, then another came and sat with him, then another came and sat with them, then four more followed suit one by one. None of them knew the others, but they were brought together by the One Who instilled faith in their hearts.

    As it says in the Hadith recorded by Al-Bukhari with an incomplete chain of narrators from `A’ishah (may Allah be pleased with her), the Messenger of Allah Sallal laahoo alaihi wassallam said:

    (Souls are like recruited soldiers. Those that recognize one another will come together, and those that do not recognize one another will turn away from each another). Muslim also recorded this in his Sahih from the Hadith of Suhayl from his father from Abu Hurayrah from the Messenger of Allah Sallal laahoo alaihi wassallam . People say that similar qualities or characteristics are what bring people together. So each of the young men was trying to conceal what he really believed from the others, out of fear of them, not knowing that they were like him. Then one of them said, “O people, you know by Allah that only one thing is making you leave your people and isolate yourselves from them, so let each one of you say what it is in his case.” Another said, “As for me, by Allah I saw what my people are doing and I realized that it was false, and that the only One Who deserves to be worshipped Alone with out partner or associate is Allah Who created everything, the heavens, the earth and everything in between.” Another said, “By Allah, the same thing happened to me.” The others said the same, and they all agreed and became brothers in faith. They adopted a particular location as a place of worship and began worshipping Allah there, but their people found out about them and told their king about them. The king ordered them to appear before him, and asked them about their beliefs. They told him the truth and called him to Allah

    It was said that when they called their king to believe in Allah, he refused, and warned and threatened them. He commanded them to be stripped of their clothing bearing the adornments of their people, then he gave them some time to think about the situation, hoping that they would return to their former religion. This was a way that Allah showed kindness for them, because during that time they managed to escape from him and flee from persecution for the sake of their religion. This is what is prescribed in the Shari`ah during times of trial and persecution — a person who fears for his religion should flee from his persecutors

    These young men were determined to flee from their people, and Allah decreed that for them.

    So they left and fled to the cave where they sought refuge. Then their people noticed they were missing, and the king looked for them, and it was said when he could not find them that Allah concealed them from him so that he could not find any trace of them or any information about them, as Allah concealed His Prophet Muhammad and his Companion ﴿Abu Bakr﴾ As-Siddiq, when they sought refuge in the cave of Thawr.

    When they entered the cave, they asked Allah to show mercy and kindness towards them,

    (Our Lord! Bestow on us mercy from Yourself,) meaning, `give us Your mercy and conceal us from our people.’

    (and facilitate for us our affair in the right way.) means, direct our matter well, i.e., grant us a good end.

    As was reported in the Hadith:

    (Whatever You have decreed for us, make its consequences good).

    Allah says in the Holy Quran:-

    (Therefore, We covered up their hearing in the cave for a number of years.) meaning, `We caused them to sleep when they entered the cave, and they slept for many years.’

    That is from the Ayat of Allah. He whom Allah guides, he is the rightly-guided; but he whom He sends astray, for him you will find no guardian to lead him.)

     

  • Dua to seek Guidance and Obedience of ALLAH

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    “O Allah, Controller of the hearts, direct our hearts to Your obedience”

    Allahumma mussarifal-qulubi, sarrif qulubana ‘ala ta’atik

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  • Dua for Students, exams, stammer, knowledge and wisdom

    Here is a dua for Students which they can recite specially during their exams, for those who stammer and to gain knowledge and wisdom.dua-knowledge

    “My Lord, expand for me my chest (grant me self-confidence, contentment, and boldness) And ease for me my task. And untie the knot from my tongue. That they may understand my speech.

    رَبِّ اشْرَحْ لِي صَدْرِي

    وَيَسِّرْ لِي أَمْرِي

    وَاحْلُلْ عُقْدَةً مِّن لِّسَانِي

    يَفْقَهُوا قَوْلِي

    Rabbi ishrah lee sadree. Wayassir lee amree. Wahlul ‘uqdatan min lisaanee. Yafqahoo qawlee

    Surah Ta-Ha, verses 25-28

     This is the prayer of Prophet Musa Alaihissalaam.

    It can be recited for the following purposes.

    • Success and victory
    • Increase in knowledge
    • Wisdom
    • Cure for stammer
    • To invoke Allah to make all your tasks easier for you
    • To gain confidence
    • For all types of tests,exams and interviews.

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    When Allah commanded Prophet Musa Alaihissalaam to go to Fir`awn to convey the Message of Allah, Musa Alaihissalaam made this dua. He requsted his Lord to expand his chest for his mission. For verily, He was commanding him with a great task and a weighty affair. He was sending him to the mightiest king on the face of the earth at that time. He was the most arrogant and severe of all people in his disbelief, and He had the largest army and the most powerful kingdom. He was the most tyrannical and the most obstinate of rulers. His case was such that he claimed not to know Allah at all, and that he knew of no god for his subjects other than himself. Along with this, Musa lived in his home for a period of time as a child. He stayed in Fir`awn’s own room and slept on his bed. Then, after this, he killed one of their people and feared that they would retaliate by killing him in return. Thus, he fled from them and remained an outlaw during this entire time. Then, after all of this, His Lord sent him to them as a warner calling them to worship Allah alone, without associating partners with Him.

     

    This is why he said,

     

    (O my Lord! Open for me my chest, and ease my task for me.) This means, “I cannot perform this task if You do not help me, aid me and support me.”

    (And loosen the knot from my tongue, that they understand my speech.) This is referring to the lisp that he had. This lisp was a result of an incident when he was presented a date and a hot coal stone and he placed the coal on his tongue instead of the date.

    However, he did not ask Allah to remove this affliction all together. Rather, he asked for removal of his stammering so the people would understand what he intended in his speech. He was only asking for what was necessary to deliver his message. If he had asked for the removal of his affliction in its entirety, it would have been cured for him. However, the Prophets do not ask for any more than what is required. Therefore, he was left with the remnants of this accident that took place with his tongue.

    Allah informed of what Fir`awn said concerning him,

    (Am I not better than this one who is despicable and can scarcely express himself clearly)﴿43:52﴾ This means that he is not eloquent in speech.

     

    When Musa Alaihissalaam made this supplication,(36. (Allah) said: “You are granted your request, O Musa!”)

     

  • Dua to seek forgiveness for yourself, your parents and all the believers


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    ” Our Lord! Forgive me and my parents and the believers on the Day when the account will be established.”

    رَبَّنَا اغْفِرْ لِي وَلِوَالِدَيَّ وَلِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ يَوْمَ يَقُومُ الْحِسَاب

    Rabbanaa ighfir lee waliwaalidayya walilmu’mineena yawma yaqoomul-hisaab

    Surah Ibrahim ,verse 41

    This is the prayer of Prophet Ibrahim Alaihissalaam.

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    It can be recited

    • To seek forgiveness of your sins
    • To seek forgiveness for your parents and all the believers

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    Word-by-word Meanings:

    TransliterationArabicTranslation
    Rabbanaaرَبَّنَا Our Lord!
    ighfirاغْفِرْForgive
    lee لِي me
    waliwaalidayya وَلِوَالِدَيَّ and my parents
    walilmu’mineenaوَلِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ and the believers
    yawma يَوْمَ(on) the Day
    yaqoomu يَقُومُ will be established
    al-hisaabالْحِسَاب the account

    Ibrahim Alaihissalaam said,

    (O my Lord! Make me one who performs Salah,), preserving its obligations and limits,

    (and (also) from my offspring,), make them among those who establish the prayer, as well,

    (our Lord! And accept my invocation.), all of my invocation which I invoked You with herein,

    (Our Lord! Forgive me and my parents,) Ibrahim said this before he declared himself innocent from his father, after he became sure that he was an enemy of Allah.

    (and the believers), all of them,

    (on the Day when the reckoning will be established.) on the Day when You will reckon Your servants and recompense or reward them for their deeds – good for good and evil for evil.

  • Dua to have Pious, Obedient Children

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    ” My Lord, grant me from Yourself a good (pure) offspring. Indeed, You are the All-Hearer of invocation.”

    رَبِّ هَبْ لِي مِن لَّدُنكَ ذُرِّيَّةً طَيِّبَةً ۖ إِنَّكَ سَمِيعُ الدُّعَاءِ

    Rabbi hab lee min ladunka thurriyyatan tayyibatan innaka samee’ud-du’aa

    Surah Al-Imran,verse 38

    This is the supplication of Prophet Zakariyya Alaihissalaam.

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    It can be recited

    • To have a baby
    • To make your children obedient,pious and righteous
    • To have a safe pregnancy and delivery

     

    Allah made Maryam Alaihissalaam grow in a good manner and put her under the care of Zakariyya Alaihissalaam. Every time he entered the Mihrab to visit her, he found her supplied with sustenance. He said: “O Maryam! From where have you gotten this” She said, “This is from Allah.” Verily, Allah provides sustenance to whom He wills, without limit.

    Allah says in the Holy Quran:-

    38 “At that time Zakariyya invoked his Lord, saying: “O my Lord! Grant me from You, a good offspring. You are indeed the All-Hearer of invocation.”) (39. Then the angels called him, while he was standing in prayer in the Mihrab, (saying): “Allah gives you glad tidings of Yahya, believing in the Word from Allah, and Sayyidan, and Hasuran, a Prophet, from among the righteous.”) (40. He said: “O my Lord! How can I have a son when I am very old, and my wife is barren” (Allah) said: “Thus Allah does what He wills.”

     

    The Supplication of Zakariyya Alaihissalaam and the good news of Yahya Alaihissalaam ‘s Birth:

    When Zakariyya Alaihissalaam saw that Allah provided sustenance for Maryam Alaihissalaam by giving her the fruits of winter in summer and the fruits of summer in winter, he was eager to have a child of his own. By then, Zakariyya Alaihissalaam had become an old man, his bones feeble and his head full of gray hair. His wife was an old women who was barren. Yet, he supplicated to Allah and called Him in secret,

    “O my Lord! Grant me from Ladunka,” from You,

    “A good offspring” meaning, a righteous offspring,

    “You are indeed the All-Hearer of invocation.”

     

    “Grant me from You, a good offspring”, meaning, grant me a son who will have offspring, and Allah knows best.

     

    Allah said,

    “Then the angels called him, while he was standing in prayer in the Mihrab,” meaning, the angels spoke to him directly while he was secluded, standing in prayer at his place of worship.

    Here Allah tells us about the good news that the angels delivered to Zakariyya Alaihissalaam.

    “Allah gives you glad tidings of Yahya,” of a child from your offspring, his name is Yahya.

    Qatadah and other scholars said that he was called Yahya (literally, `he lives’) because Allah filled his life with faith.

    Allah’s statement,

    “A Prophet, from among the righteous” delivers more good news of sending Yahya Alaihissalaam as Prophet after the good news that he will be born. This good news was even better than the news of Yahya Alaihissalaam ‘s birth.

    In a similar statement, Allah said to the mother of Musa Alaihissalaam,

    ”Verily, We shall bring him back to you, and shall make him one of the Messengers.”(28:7)

    When Zakariyya Alaihissalaam heard the good news, he started contemplating about having children at his age. He said,

    “O my Lord! How can I have a son when I am very old, and my wife is barren”

     

    (He) said…) meaning the angel said,

     

    “Thus Allah does what He wills.” meaning, this is Allah’s matter, He is so Mighty that nothing escapes His power, nor is anything beyond His ability.

     

     

  • Dua for Students, Exams, Knowledge and Wisdom

    Here is a dua for Students  to gain Knowledge and Wisdomduaforknowledge

    “My Lord, Increase me in knowledge.”

    رَّبِّ زِدْنِي عِلْمًا

    Rabbi zidnee ‘ilmaa

    Surah Ta-Ha ,verse 114

    It can be recited for

    • Increase in knowledge
    • Wisdom
    • For all types of tests,exams and interviews.

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    Word-by-word Meanings

    TransliterationArabicTranslation
    Rabbiرَّبِّ My Lord
    zidneeزِدْنِي Increase me
    ‘ilmaaعِلْمًا(in) knowledge

    Allah says in the Holy Quran:-

    (114. Then High above all be Allah, the True King. And be not in haste with the Qur’an before its revelation is completed to you, and say: “My Lord! Increase me in knowledge.”)

    This is a command to the Prophet Sallal laahoo alaihi wassallam to listen quietly to the Qur’an when it is revealed without making haste.

    `Then, when the angel (Jibril) completes reciting to you, you recite it after him.’

    (and say: “My Lord! Increase me in knowledge.”) meaning, “Give me more knowledge from You.” Ibn `Uyaynah said, “The Prophet did not cease increasing (in knowledge) until Allah, the Mighty and Sublime, took him (i.e. he died).”

  • Dua for the acceptance of your Good Deeds


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    “Our Lord! Accept (this service) from us. Indeed! You are the All-Hearing, the All-Knowing.”

    رَبَّنَا تَقَبَّلْ مِنَّا ۖ إِنَّكَ أَنتَ السَّمِيعُ الْعَلِيمُ

    Rabbanaa taqabbal minnaa innaka antas-samee’ul ‘aleem.

    Surah Al-Baqarah ,verse 127

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    It can be recited

    • For the acceptance of all your good deeds. For example, salah, fasting, zakat etc.

    This is the du’aa of the Prophets Ibrahim and Isma`il Alaihissalaam. They made theis du’aa while they were building the Holy Kaaba.

    WORD-BY-WORD Meanings:

    TransliterationArabicTranslation
    Rabbanaaرَبَّنَا Our Lord!
    taqabbal تَقَبَّلْ Accept (this service)
    minnaa مِنَّا ۖ from us
    innaka إِنَّكَIndeed! You
    anta أَنتَ (You) are
    As-samee’uالسَّمِيعُ the All-Hearing,
    Al ‘aleemالْعَلِيمُthe All-Knowing

    The Prophets Ibrahim and Isma`il Alaihissalaam were performing a good deed, yet they asked Allah to accept this good deed from them.

    Ibn Abi Hatim narrated that Wuhayb bin Al-Ward recited,

    “And (remember) when Ibrahim and (his son) Isma`il were raising the foundations of the House (the Ka`bah at Makkah), (saying), “Our Lord! Accept (this service) from us” and cried and said, “O Khalil of Ar-Rahman! You raise the foundations of the House of Ar-Rahman (Allah), yet you are afraid that He will not accept it from you”

    This is the behavior of the sincere believers.

    There is an authentic Hadith narrated by `A’ishah Radi Allahu anha on this subject.

    Al-Bukhari recorded that Ibn `Abbas said, “Prophet Ibrahim Alaihissalaam took Isma`il Alaihissalaam and his mother and went away with them until he reached the area of the House, where he left them next to a tree above Zamzam in the upper area of the Masjid. During that time, Isma`il Alaihissalaam ‘s mother was still nursing him. Makkah was then uninhabited, and there was no water source in it. Ibrahim Alaihissalaam left them there with a bag containing some dates and a water-skin containing water. Ibrahim Alaihissalaam then started to leave, and Isma`il Alaihissalaam ‘s mother followed him and said, `O Ibrahim! To whom are you leaving us in this barren valley that is not inhabited’ She repeated the question several times and Ibrahim Alaihissalaam did not reply. She asked, `Has Allah commanded you to do this’ He said, `Yes.’ She said, `I am satisfied that Allah will never abandon us.’

    Ibrahim Alaihissalaam left and when he was far enough away where they could not see him, close to Thaniyyah, he faced the House, raised his hands and supplicated,

    “O our Lord! I have made some of my offspring to dwell in an uncultivable valley by Your Sacred House (the Ka`bah at Makkah) until (Give thanks)’’ (14:37).

    Isma`il Alaihissalaam ‘s mother then returned to her place, started drinking water from the water-skin and nursing Isma`il Alaihissalaam. When the water was used up, she and her son became thirsty. She looked at him, and he was suffering from thirst; she left, because she disliked seeing his face in that condition. She found the nearest mountain to where she was, As-Safa, ascended it and looked, in vain, hoping to see somebody.

    When she came down to the valley, she raised her garment and ran, just as a tired person runs, until she reached the Al-Marwah mountain. In vain, she looked to see if there was someone there. She ran to and fro (between the two mountains) seven times.” Ibn `Abbas said that the Messenger of Allah Sallal laahoo alaihi wassallam said, “This is why the people make the trip between As-Safa and Al-Marwah (during Hajj and Umrah).”

    “When she reached Al-Marwah, she heard a voice and said, `Shush,’ to herself. She tried to hear the voice again and when she did, she said, `I have heard you. Do you have relief’ She found the angel digging with his heel (or his wing) where Zamzam now exists, and the water gushed out. Isma`il Alaihissalaam ‘s mother was astonished and started digging, using her hand to transfer water to the water-skin.” Ibn `Abbas said that the Prophet Sallal laahoo alaihi wassallam then said, “May Allah grant His mercy to the mother of Isma`il, had she left the water, (flow naturally without her intervention), it would have been flowing on the surface of the earth.”

    “Isma`il Alaihissalaam ‘s mother started drinking the water and her milk increased for her child. The angel (Gabriel) said to her, `Do not fear abandonment. There shall be a House for Allah built here by this boy and his father. Allah does not abandon His people.’ During that time, the area of the House was raised above ground level and the floods used to reach its right and left sides.

    Afterwards, some people of the tribe of Jurhum, passing through Kada’, made camp at the bottom of the valley. They saw some birds, they were astonished, and said, `Birds can only be found at a place where there is water. We did not notice before that this valley had water.’ They sent a scout or two who searched the area, found the water, and returned to inform them about it. Then they all went to Isma`il Alaihissalaam ‘s mother, next to the water, and said, `O Mother of Isma`il! Will you allow us to be with you or dwell with you’ She said, `Yes. But you will have no exclusive right to the water here.’ They said, `We agree.”’ Ibn `Abbas said that the Prophet Sallal laahoo alaihi wassallam

    said, “At that time, Isma`il Alaihissalaam ‘s mother liked to have human company.”

    “And thus they stayed there and sent for their relatives to join them. Later on, her boy reached the age of puberty and married a lady from them, for Isma`il Alaihissalaam learned Arabic from them, and they liked the way he was raised. Isma`il Alaihissalaam ‘s mother died after that.

    Ibrahim Alaihissalaam then came back visiting and found Isma`il Alaihissalaam behind the Zamzam well, next to a tree, mending his arrows. When he saw Ibrahim Alaihissalaam , he stood up and they greeted each other, just as the father and son greet each other. Ibrahim Alaihissalaam said, `O Isma`il, Your Lord has ordered me to do something.’ He said, `Obey your Lord.’ He asked Isma`il Alaihissalaam , `Will you help me’ He said, `Yes, I will help you.’ Ibrahim Alaihissalaam said, `Allah has commanded me to build a house for Him there, ‘ and he pointed to an area that was above ground level. So, both of them rose and started to raise the foundations of the House. Ibrahim Alaihissalaam started building (the Ka`bah), while Isma`il Alaihissalaam continued handing him the stones. Both of them were saying, `O our Lord ! Accept (this service) from us, Verily, You are the Hearing, the Knowing.‘ (2.127).”’ Hence, they were building the House, part by part, going around it and saying this supplication.

  • Dua for Success

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     “Our Lord, upon You we put our trust, and to You we turn, and to You is the final return”

    رَّبَّنَا عَلَيْكَ تَوَكَّلْنَا وَإِلَيْكَ أَنَبْنَا وَإِلَيْكَ الْمَصِيرُ

    Rabbanaa ‘alayka tawakkalnaa wa-ilayka anabnaa wa ilaykal-maseer

    Surah Al-Mumtahinah ,verse 4

    This dua can be recited for

    • Success and victory
    • To invoke Allah for His Help and assistance
    • Fulfilment of all types of needs. For example marriage, business, jobs, exams etc
    • For all types of tests,exams and interviews.

    This the supplication of Prophet Ibrahim Alaihissalaam and his followers.

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    Listen to the recitation of this dua.

     

     

    Word-by-word Meanings:

    TransliterationArabicTranslation
    Rabbanaaرَّبَّنَا Our Lord
    ‘alaykaعَلَيْكَ upon You
    tawakkalnaaتَوَكَّلْنَاwe put our trust
    wa-ilayka وَإِلَيْكَ and to You
    anabnaa أَنَبْنَا we turn
    wa-ilaykaوَإِلَيْكَ and to You
    al-maseerالْمَصِيرُ (is) the final return

    Allah says in the Holy Quran:-

    ”(4. Indeed there has been an excellent example for you in Ibrahim and those with him, when they said to their people: “Verily, we are free from you and whatever you worship besides Allah, we have rejected you, and there has started between us and you, hostility and hatred forever until you believe in Allah alone,” — except the saying of Ibrahim to his father: “Verily, I will ask forgiveness for you, but I have no power to do anything for you before Allah.” “Our Lord! In You we put our trust, and to You we turn in repentance, and to You is the final Return.”)

    Allah mentions the good example of Ibrahim Alaihissalaam and his followers, when they disowned their disbelieving people.

    They said

    (Our Lord! In You we put our trust, and to You we turn in repentance, and to You is the final Return.) meaning, `we trust in You for all matters, we surrender all of our affairs to You, and to You is the final Return in the Hereafter,’