The blessed month, jam-packed with great rewards, allows us to be more motivated to revise and recite du’aas to gain the goodness from both worlds. Du’aa is like a vehicle that helps us communicate with Allah. It gives us that realisation that no matter how high Allah’s status is, we can still call upon Him and He will respond to us in the best of ways.
We have compiled thirty short and easy-to-memorise du’aas that will help you bring more substance to your du’aas. Aim to memorise at least one du’aa per day, reflect on its meaning, and teach someone else to gain even more reward!
1. Recite frequently:
Ya Dhal-Jalali wal-Ikram!
"O You, Possessor of glory and honour." [At- Tirmidhi].
2. rabbanā taqabbal minnā ʾinnaka ʾanta s-samīʿu l-ʿalīm
Our Lord! Accept (this service) from us: For Thou art the All-Hearing, the All-Knowing. (Quran 2:127)
3. wa-qāla rabbukumu dʿūnī ʾastajib lakum
And your Lord said: Invoke Me, I will respond to you. [Quran 40:60]
4. rabbanā lā tuʾākhidhnā ʾin nasīnā ʾaw ʾakhṭaʾnā
Our Lord! Condemn us not if we forget or fall into error. [Quran 2:286]
5. rabbanā wa-lā taḥmil ʿalaynā ʾiṣran ka-mā ḥamaltahū ʿalā lladhīna min qablinā
Our Lord! Lay not on us a burden like that which Thou didst lay on those before us. [Quran 2:286]
6. rabbanā ʾinnanā ʾāmannā fa-ghfir lanā dhunūbanā wa-qinā ʿadhāba n-nār
Our Lord! We have indeed believed: forgive us, then, our sins, and save us from the agony of the Fire. [Quran 3:16]
7. rabbanā hab lanā min ʾazwājinā wa-dhurriyyātinā qurrata ʾaʿyunin wa-jʿalnā li-l-muttaqīna ʾimāma
Our Lord! Grant unto us wives and offspring who will be the comfort of our eyes, and give us (the grace) to lead the righteous. [Quran 25:74]
8. ʾinna rabbanā la-ghafūrun shakūr
Our Lord is indeed Oft-Forgiving Ready to appreciate (service). [Quran 35: 34]
9. rabbanā ʾatmim lanā nūranā wa-ghfir lanā ʾinnaka ʿalā kulli shayʾin qadīr
Our Lord! Perfect our Light for us, and grant us Forgiveness: for Thou hast power over all things. [Quran 66:8]
10. rabbanā lā tajʿalnā maʿa l-qawmi ẓ-ẓālimīn
Our Lord! Send us not to the company of the wrong-doers. [Quran 7:47]
11. rabbanā ẓalamnā ʾanfusanā wa-ʾin lam taghfir lanā wa-tarḥamnā la-nakūnanna mina l-khāsirīn
Our Lord! We have wronged our own souls: If thou forgive us not and bestow not upon us Thy Mercy, we shall certainly be lost. [Quran 7:23]
12. rabbi ʾinnī li-mā ʾanzalta ʾilayya min khayrin faqīr
“My Lord! Truly, I am in need of whatever good that You bestow on me." [Quran 28:24]
13. "[O Allah! I seek refuge in You from hunger; surely, it is the worst companion. And I seek refuge in You from treachery; surely, it is a bad inner trait]." [Abu Dawud]
14. "[O Allah, I seek refuge in You from absolute poverty, paucity, humiliation, and I seek refuge in You from oppressing or being oppressed]." [Abu Dawud]
15. Allahumma musarrifal-qulubi, sarrif qulubana 'ala ta'atika
"(O Allah! Controller of the hearts, direct our hearts to Your obedience)." [Muslim]
16. lā ʾilāha ʾillā ʾanta subḥānaka ʾinnī kuntu mina ẓ-ẓālimīn
“None has the right to be worshipped but You (O Allah) Glorified (and Exalted) are You [above all that (evil) they associate with You]. Truly, I have been of the wrong-doers.” [Quran 21:87]
17. Dua for night of Laylat al Qadr: “O Allah, You are pardoning and You love to pardon, so pardon me.” [Tirmidhi]
18. "O Allah! Grant me an easy reckoning." [Sahih Ibn Hibban]
19. The Prophet saw said: “O People, Repent! Verily I repent to Allah, a hundred times a day.” [Bukhari]
20. Allahumma inni as'alukal-huda, wat-tuqa, wal-'afafa, wal-ghina
“(O Allah! I beseech You for guidance, piety, chastity and contentment)." [Muslim]
21. ḥasbunā llāhu wa-niʿma l-wakīl
Allah is sufficient for us and He is the Best Guardian." [Quran 3:173]
22. The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Du'a (supplication) is worship." [Abu Dawud]
23. "Shall I not tell you whom the (Hell) Fire is forbidden to touch? It is forbidden to touch a man who is always accessible, having polite and tender nature." [Tirmidhi]
24. "Fear Allah wherever you are, do good deeds after doing bad ones, the former will wipe out the latter, and behave decently towards people". [Tirmidhi]
25. "Do not belittle any good deed, even meeting your brother (Muslim) with a cheerful face." [Muslim]
26. rabbi zidni ‘ilma
“O my Lord, increase me in knowledge.” [Quran 20:114]
27. "O Allah I seek refuge in You from discord, hypocrisy and bad manners." [Abu Dawud]
28. "Give charity without delay, for it stands in the way of calamity." [Tirmidhi]
29. fīhi fa-lladhīna ʾāmanū minkum wa-ʾanfaqū lahum ʾajrun kabīr
"Those of you who have faith and spend in Allah’s way will be richly rewarded." [Quran 57:7]
30. “Charity erases sins just as water extinguishes fire.” [Tirmidhi]
