Essential Duas ⭐

اللَّهُمَّ أَنْتَ رَبِّي لَا إِلٰهَ 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

Allahumma anta rabbi la ilaha illa ant, khalaqtani wa ana abduk, wa ana 'ala 'ahdika wa wa'dika mastata't, a'udhu bika min sharri ma sana't, abu'u laka bini'matika 'alayya wa abu'u bidhanbi faghfir li fa innahu la yaghfirudh-dhunuba illa ant

O Allah, You are my Lord. None has the right to be worshipped except You. You created me and I am Your servant. I am as faithful to Your covenant and promise as 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 sins to You, so forgive me, for none forgives sins except You.

Hisnul Muslim 77 · Sahih — Bukhari 6306 · The Prophet ﷺ said: whoever says this with certainty in the morning or evening and dies that day or night, enters Jannah

اللَّهُمَّ اكْفِنِي بِحَلَالِكَ عَنْ حَرَامِكَ، وَأَغْنِنِي بِفَضْلِكَ عَمَّنْ سِوَاكَ

Allahumma-kfini bi-halalika 'an haramika, wa aghnini bi-fadlika 'amman siwak

O Allah, make Your lawful provisions sufficient for me against what is unlawful, and enrich me through Your bounty to the exclusion of all others.

Hisnul Muslim 128 — Tirmidhi 3563 · Hasan — Tirmidhi · Dua for halal rizq and freedom from depending on anyone but Allah

لَا إِلٰهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ سُبْحَانَكَ إِنِّي كُنْتُ مِنَ الظَّالِمِينَ

La ilaha illa anta subhanaka inni kuntu minaz-zalimin

None has the right to be worshipped except You; glory be to You. Truly I have been among the wrongdoers.

Hisnul Muslim 120 — Quran 21:87 · Quranic — Sahih · The Prophet ﷺ said: no Muslim calls upon Allah with this except that Allah responds to him

اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي عَبْدُكَ وَابْنُ عَبْدِكَ وَابْنُ أَمَتِكَ، نَاصِيَتِي بِيَدِكَ، مَاضٍ فِيَّ حُكْمُكَ، عَدْلٌ فِيَّ قَضَاؤُكَ، أَسْأَلُكَ بِكُلِّ اسْمٍ هُوَ لَكَ سَمَّيْتَ بِهِ نَفْسَكَ أَوْ أَنْزَلْتَهُ فِي كِتَابِكَ أَوْ عَلَّمْتَهُ أَحَدًا مِنْ خَلْقِكَ أَوِ اسْتَأْثَرْتَ بِهِ فِي عِلْمِ الْغَيْبِ عِنْدَكَ، أَنْ تَجْعَلَ الْقُرْآنَ رَبِيعَ قَلْبِي وَنُورَ صَدْرِي وَجَلَاءَ حُزْنِي وَذَهَابَ هَمِّي

Allahumma inni abduka wa ibnu abdika wa ibnu amatik, nasiyati biyadik, madin fiyya hukmuk, 'adlun fiyya qada'uk, as'aluka bikulli ismin huwa laka sammayta bihi nafsak aw anzaltahu fi kitabik aw 'allamtahu ahadan min khalqik aw ista'tharta bihi fi 'ilmil-ghaybi 'indak, an taj'alal-Qurana rabi'a qalbi wa nura sadri wa jala'a huzni wa dhahaba hammi

O Allah, I am Your servant, son of Your servant, son of Your female servant. My forelock is in Your hand. Your decree upon me is just. I ask You by every name You have given Yourself, revealed in Your Book, taught to any of Your creation, or kept in Your knowledge of the unseen, to make the Quran the spring of my heart, the light of my chest, the departure of my sorrow, and the relief of my anxiety.

Ahmad 3712 · Ibn Hibban 972 · Sahih — The Prophet ﷺ said: Allah will remove his worry and replace it with joy

رَبَّنَا آتِنَا فِي الدُّنْيَا حَسَنَةً وَفِي الْآخِرَةِ حَسَنَةً وَقِنَا عَذَابَ النَّارِ

Rabbana atina fid-dunya hasanah, wa fil-akhirati hasanah, wa qina 'adhaab an-nar

Our Lord, give us good in this world and good in the Hereafter, and protect us from the punishment of the Fire.

Quran 2:201 · Bukhari 6389 · Muslim 2690 · Quranic & Sahih · Anas ؓ said the Prophet ﷺ most frequently made this dua

اللَّهُمَّ لَا سَهْلَ إِلَّا مَا جَعَلْتَهُ سَهْلًا، وَأَنْتَ تَجْعَلُ الْحَزْنَ إِذَا شِئْتَ سَهْلًا

Allahumma la sahla illa ma ja'altahu sahla, wa anta taj'alul-hazna idha shi'ta sahla

O Allah, there is no ease except in what You make easy, and You make hardship easy if You will.

Ibn Hibban 2427 · Ibn as-Sunni 351 · Sahih — authenticated by Al-Albani

حَسْبُنَا اللّٰهُ وَنِعْمَ الْوَكِيلُ

Hasbunallahu wa ni'mal-wakil

Allah is sufficient for us and He is the best Disposer of affairs.

Hisnul Muslim 124 — Quran 3:173 · Quranic · Said by Ibrahim ﷺ when thrown into the fire, and by the Prophet ﷺ at the Battle of Uhud

اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ الْعَفْوَ وَالْعَافِيَةَ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَالْآخِرَةِ

Allahumma inni as'alukal-'afwa wal-'afiyata fid-dunya wal-akhirah

O Allah, I ask You for pardon and well-being in this world and in the Hereafter.

Hisnul Muslim 83 — Ibn Majah 3871 · Abu Dawud 5074 · Sahih — authenticated by Al-Albani · Ibn Umar ؓ never left this dua morning or evening

رَبِّ إِنِّي لِمَا أَنْزَلْتَ إِلَيَّ مِنْ خَيْرٍ فَقِيرٌ

Rabbi inni lima anzalta ilayya min khayrin faqir

My Lord, indeed I am in desperate need of whatever good You send down to me.

Quran 28:24 · Quranic · Dua of Musa ﷺ when he had nothing — shortly after, Allah gave him a home, a wife, and a new life