DUA

Dua for this life and afterlife رَبَّنَا آتِنَا فِي الدُّنْيَا حَسَنَةً وَفِي الْآخِرَةِ حَسَنَةً وَقِنَا عَذَابَ النَّارِ Rabbanaaa aatina…

Here Allah (swt) says, “The Messenger believes in what has been sent down to him from his Lord” but he doesn’t only mention the imaan of the Prophet, he also includes “And so do the believers” referring to the entire Ummah. In this…

Rabbigh fir lee wa liwaa lidaiya wa liman dakhala baitiya mu’minanw wa lil mu’mineena wal mu’minaati wa laa tazidiz zaalimeena illaa tabaaraa“My Lord, forgive me and my parents and whoever enters my house a believer and the believing men…

Background context:In the previous ayat, Allah gives a clear commandment and shows the rights of parents over their children:Do not make with Allah another deity and become censured and forsaken.And your Lord has decreed that you not…

Background context to this du’aProphet Muhammad (ﷺ) was facing heavy persecution in Mecca and was forced to plan his escape from the city.Muhammad (ﷺ) sent Mus’ab Ibn Umayr to Medina (Yathrib) as a scout.After eleven months he returned to…

Prophet Sulaiman in this du’a asks Allah (swt) to grant him a kingdom, but not just any kingdom. A kingdom so large no one will be able to have anything like it after him.But notice how he began this du’a, he starts first by asking for…

Background context of this Du’a:Surah Mu’minun is the 23rd chapter of the Qur’an and is titled “the believer” as it describes the qualities among those “Who will inherit al-Firdaus.” (23:11)We have likely heard the idiom “to know thyself”,…

The words mentioned in this ayat of Surah Taubah were given to Prophet Muhammad (ﷺ) in response to the rejection he received from the non-believers.it discusses how there will always be two groups of people. The believers and the…

“So high is Allah, the Sovereign, the Truth. And, , do not hasten with the Qur’an before its revelation is completed to you, and say, Rabbi zidnee ‘ilmaa “My Lord, increase me in knowledge.” (20:114)This verse begins highlighting the…

Dua Prophet Muhammad in Distress حَسْبُنَا اللَّهُ وَنِعْمَ الْوَكِيلُ hasbunal laahu wa ni’malwakeel“Sufficient…

First Du’aDu’a Prophet Ibrahim (as) made before Makkah was an established city. He prayed to Allah asking to turn this land into a city that is safe and peaceful for all its inhabitants. Ibrahim (as) goes on even further to ask that they be…

The recitation of this du’a was after Musa (as) was forced to escape from the city, into the desert, and headed towards Madyan.After a long journey, Prophet Musa (as) came across a group of male shepherds who were watering their flock at a…

Story behind the Prophetic du’a of YunusIn the Qur’an, it refers to Prophet Yunus (as) by the name Dhul nun meaning the companion of the fish or the man of the fish.The story behind this nickname is because he had denied Allah’s command. As…

Allah entrusted Musa (as) with his message and commanded him to do the unthinkable, “Go to Firaawn; (Pharaoh) Indeed, he has transgressed.” (20:24)Imagined being tasked with telling the tyrannical King of Egypt that he has done wrong. A…

Those familiar with the story of Prophet Yusuf (as) will know Aziz’s wife made advances towards Yusuf (as). But to understand how we got here we highly encourage you to read Surah Yusuf with translation or read this article we wrote on du’a…