Duas for Every Occasion

لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ سُبْحَانَكَ إِنِّي كُنْتُ مِنَ الظَّالِمِينَ

There is no deity except You. Glory be to You. Indeed, I have been among the wrongdoers.

Quran 21:87 · Prophet Yunus (AS)

اللَّهُمَّ رَحْمَتَكَ أَرْجُو فَلَا تَكِلْنِي إِلَى نَفْسِي طَرْفَةَ عَيْنٍ وَأَصْلِحْ لِي شَأْنِي كُلَّهُ لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ

O Allah, I hope for Your mercy. Do not leave me to myself for the blink of an eye. Rectify all my affairs. There is no deity except You.

Sunan Abi Dawud 5090

يَا حَيُّ يَا قَيُّومُ بِرَحْمَتِكَ أَسْتَغِيثُ

O Ever-Living, O Sustainer, by Your mercy I seek relief.

Jami Tirmidhi 3524

اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الْهَمِّ وَالْحَزَنِ وَالْعَجْزِ وَالْكَسَلِ وَالْبُخْلِ وَالْجُبْنِ وَضَلَعِ الدَّيْنِ وَغَلَبَةِ الرِّجَالِ

O Allah, I seek refuge in You from anxiety and grief, weakness and laziness, miserliness and cowardice, the burden of debt and being overpowered by men.

Sahih al-Bukhari 6369

أَعُوذُ بِاللَّهِ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ الرَّجِيمِ

I seek refuge in Allah from the accursed Satan.

Sahih al-Bukhari 3282

بِاسْمِكَ اللَّهُمَّ أَمُوتُ وَأَحْيَا

In Your Name, O Allah, I die and I live.

Sahih al-Bukhari 6324

الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي أَحْيَانَا بَعْدَ مَا أَمَاتَنَا وَإِلَيْهِ النُّشُورُ

Praise be to Allah Who gave us life after death, and to Him is the resurrection.

Sahih al-Bukhari 6325

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ وَبَرَكَةِ اللَّهِ

In the Name of Allah and with the blessing of Allah.

Muʿjam al-Awsat · Mustadrak al-Hakim

الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي أَطْعَمَنَا وَسَقَانَا وَجَعَلَنَا مُسْلِمِينَ

Praise be to Allah Who fed us, gave us drink, and made us Muslims.

Abu Dawud · Tirmidhi

اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ عِلْمًا نَافِعًا وَرِزْقًا وَاسِعًا وَشِفَاءً مِنْ كُلِّ دَاءٍ

O Allah, I ask You for beneficial knowledge, abundant provision, and healing from every illness.

Sunan Ibn Majah (Zamzam)

سُبْحَانَ الَّذِي سَخَّرَ لَنَا هَذَا وَمَا كُنَّا لَهُ مُقْرِنِينَ وَإِنَّا إِلَى رَبِّنَا لَمُنْقَلِبُونَ، اللَّهُمَّ إِنَّا نَسْأَلُكَ فِي سَفَرِنَا هَذَا الْبِرَّ وَالتَّقْوَى وَمِنَ الْعَمَلِ مَا تَرْضَى، اللَّهُمَّ هَوِّنْ عَلَيْنَا سَفَرَنَا هَذَا وَاطْوِ عَنَّا بُعْدَهُ، اللَّهُمَّ أَنْتَ الصَّاحِبُ فِي السَّفَرِ وَالْخَلِيفَةُ فِي الْأَهْلِ

Glory be to Him Who subjected this to us, though we could not have subdued it, and to our Lord we shall return. O Allah, we ask You in this journey of ours for righteousness and piety, and deeds that please You. O Allah, make this journey easy for us and shorten its distance. O Allah, You are the Companion in travel and the Guardian over the family.

Sahih Muslim 1342

اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ عِلْمًا نَافِعًا وَرِزْقًا طَيِّبًا وَعَمَلًا مُتَقَبَّلًا

O Allah, I ask You for beneficial knowledge, wholesome provision, and accepted deeds.

Sunan Ibn Majah 925

اللَّهُمَّ اكْفِنِي بِحَلَالِكَ عَنْ حَرَامِكَ وَأَغْنِنِي بِفَضْلِكَ عَمَّنْ سِوَاكَ

O Allah, suffice me with what You have made lawful against what You have made unlawful, and enrich me by Your bounty over all others.

Jami Tirmidhi 3563

رَبِّ اشْرَحْ لِي صَدْرِي وَيَسِّرْ لِي أَمْرِي وَاحْلُلْ عُقْدَةً مِنْ لِسَانِي يَفْقَهُوا قَوْلِي

My Lord, expand for me my chest, ease for me my task, and untie the knot from my tongue so they may understand my speech.

Quran 20:25-28 · Prophet Musa (AS)

رَبِّ زِدْنِي عِلْمًا

My Lord, increase me in knowledge.

Quran 20:114

رَبِّ ارْحَمْهُمَا كَمَا رَبَّيَانِي صَغِيرًا

My Lord, have mercy upon them both as they raised me when I was small.

Quran 17:24

بَارَكَ اللَّهُ لَكَ وَبَارَكَ عَلَيْكَ وَجَمَعَ بَيْنَكُمَا فِي خَيْرٍ

May Allah bless you, shower His blessings upon you, and join you together in goodness.

Tirmidhi 1091 · Abu Dawud 2130

الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي كَسَانِي هَذَا الثَّوْبَ وَرَزَقَنِيهِ مِنْ غَيْرِ حَوْلٍ مِنِّي وَلَا قُوَّةٍ

Praise be to Allah Who clothed me in this garment and provided it to me without any power or might of my own.

Sunan Abi Dawud 4023

اللَّهُمَّ أَنْتَ رَبِّي لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ خَلَقْتَنِي وَأَنَا عَبْدُكَ وَأَنَا عَلَى عَهْدِكَ وَوَعْدِكَ مَا اسْتَطَعْتُ أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا صَنَعْتُ أَبُوءُ لَكَ بِنِعْمَتِكَ عَلَيَّ وَأَبُوءُ بِذَنْبِي فَاغْفِرْ لِي فَإِنَّهُ لَا يَغْفِرُ الذُّنُوبَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ

O Allah, You are my Lord. There is no deity but You. You created me and I am Your servant. I abide by Your covenant and promise as best I can. I seek refuge in You from the evil of what I have done. I acknowledge Your favour upon me and I confess my sin, so forgive me, for none forgives sins but You.

Sahih al-Bukhari 6306

أَسْتَغْفِرُ اللَّهَ الْعَظِيمَ الَّذِي لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا هُوَ الْحَيُّ الْقَيُّومُ وَأَتُوبُ إِلَيْهِ

I seek Allah's forgiveness, the Mighty, besides Whom there is no deity, the Ever-Living, the Sustainer, and I repent to Him.

Tirmidhi · Abu Dawud

اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ الْجَنَّةَ وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ النَّارِ

O Allah, I ask You for Paradise and seek refuge in You from the Fire.

Sunan Abi Dawud 792

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الَّذِي لَا يَضُرُّ مَعَ اسْمِهِ شَيْءٌ فِي الْأَرْضِ وَلَا فِي السَّمَاءِ وَهُوَ السَّمِيعُ الْعَلِيمُ

In the Name of Allah, with Whose Name nothing on earth or in heaven can cause harm, and He is the All-Hearing, All-Knowing.

Sunan Abi Dawud 5088

أَعُوذُ بِكَلِمَاتِ اللَّهِ التَّامَّةِ مِنْ كُلِّ شَيْطَانٍ وَهَامَّةٍ وَمِنْ كُلِّ عَيْنٍ لَامَّةٍ

I seek refuge in the perfect words of Allah from every devil and poisonous creature, and from every envious evil eye.

Sahih al-Bukhari 3371

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ تَوَكَّلْتُ عَلَى اللَّهِ وَلَا حَوْلَ وَلَا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِاللَّهِ

In the Name of Allah, I place my trust in Allah. There is no power nor might except with Allah.

Tirmidhi 3426 · Abu Dawud 5095

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ وَلَجْنَا وَبِسْمِ اللَّهِ خَرَجْنَا وَعَلَى اللَّهِ رَبِّنَا تَوَكَّلْنَا

In the Name of Allah we enter, in the Name of Allah we leave, and upon Allah, our Lord, we place our trust.

Sunan Abi Dawud 5096

أَعُوذُ بِاللَّهِ الْعَظِيمِ وَبِوَجْهِهِ الْكَرِيمِ وَسُلْطَانِهِ الْقَدِيمِ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ الرَّجِيمِ، بِسْمِ اللَّهِ وَالصَّلَاةُ وَالسَّلَامُ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ، اللَّهُمَّ افْتَحْ لِي أَبْوَابَ رَحْمَتِكَ

I seek refuge in Allah the Almighty, in His noble Face and His eternal authority, from the accursed Satan. In the Name of Allah, and blessings and peace upon the Messenger of Allah. O Allah, open for me the doors of Your mercy.

Sahih Muslim 713 · Abu Dawud 466

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ وَالصَّلَاةُ وَالسَّلَامُ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ، اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ مِنْ فَضْلِكَ

In the Name of Allah, and blessings and peace upon the Messenger of Allah. O Allah, I ask You of Your bounty.

Sahih Muslim · Abu Dawud

أَصْبَحْنَا وَأَصْبَحَ الْمُلْكُ لِلَّهِ، وَالْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ، لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَحْدَهُ لَا شَرِيكَ لَهُ

We have entered the morning and at this very time all sovereignty belongs to Allah. Praise be to Allah. None has the right to be worshipped but Allah, alone, without any partner.

Abu Dawud

أَمْسَيْنَا وَأَمْسَى الْمُلْكُ لِلَّهِ، وَالْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ، لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَحْدَهُ لَا شَرِيكَ لَهُ

We have entered the evening and at this very time all sovereignty belongs to Allah. Praise be to Allah. None has the right to be worshipped but Allah, alone, without any partner.

Abu Dawud

أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَحْدَهُ لَا شَرِيكَ لَهُ وَأَشْهَدُ أَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا عَبْدُهُ وَرَسُولُهُ

I bear witness that none has the right to be worshipped but Allah, alone, without partner, and I bear witness that Muhammad is His servant and Messenger.

Sahih Muslim 234

اللَّهُمَّ صَيِّبًا نَافِعًا

O Allah, (send) beneficial rain.

Sahih al-Bukhari 1032

اللَّهُمَّ أَعِنِّي عَلَى ذِكْرِكَ وَشُكْرِكَ وَحُسْنِ عِبَادَتِكَ

O Allah, help me to remember You, to be grateful to You, and to worship You in the best manner.

Sunan An-Nasa'i 1303