Masnoon Duas

Essential supplications from the Sunnah for your daily life. Make these Duas a habit to bring Barakah into every action.

Daily Routine

Before Sleeping

اَللّٰهُمَّ بِاسْمِكَ...

Translation:

"O Allah, with Your name I die and I live."

Upon Waking Up

الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ...

Translation:

"All praise is for Allah who gave us life after having taken it from us and unto Him is the resurrection."

Entering the Toilet

اَللّٰهُمَّ إِنِّي...

Translation:

"O Allah, I seek protection in You from the male and female unclean spirits."

Leaving the Toilet

غُفْرَانَكَ، الْحَمْدُ...

Translation:

"I seek Your forgiveness. Praise be to Allah, Who removed harm from me and gave me health."

Wearing Clothes

الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ...

Translation:

"All Praise is for Allah who has clothed me with this (garment) and provided it for me, with no power nor might from myself."

Wearing New Clothes

اَللّٰهُمَّ لَكَ...

Translation:

"O Allah, praise is to You. You have clothed me. I ask You for its goodness and the goodness of what it has been made for, and I seek Your protection from the evil of it and the evil of what it has been made for."

Before Undressing

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ...

Translation:

"In the name of Allah."

Looking in the Mirror

اَللّٰهُمَّ أَنْتَ...

Translation:

"O Allah, just as You have made my creation beautiful, also make my character beautiful."

Eating & Drinking

Before Eating

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ...

Translation:

"In the name of Allah and with the blessings of Allah."

Forgot Bismillah at Start

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ...

Translation:

"In the name of Allah at the beginning and at the end."

After Eating

الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ...

Translation:

"All praise is due to Allah Who has given us food and drink and made us Muslims."

After Drinking Milk

اَللّٰهُمَّ بَارِكْ...

Translation:

"O Allah, bless it for us and give us more of it."

Dua for the Host

اَللّٰهُمَّ أَطْعِمْ...

Translation:

"O Allah, feed him who fed me, and give him drink who gave me drink."

Mosque & Prayer

Before Wudu

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ...

Translation:

"In the name of Allah."

After Wudu

أَشْهَدُ أَنْ...

Translation:

"I bear witness that there is no god but Allah, alone without partner, and I bear witness that Muhammad is His slave and Messenger."

After Adhan

اَللّٰهُمَّ رَبَّ...

Translation:

"O Allah, Lord of this perfect call and established prayer, grant Muhammad the Wasilah and superiority, and raise him to the praiseworthy station You have promised him."

Entering the Mosque

اَللّٰهُمَّ افْتَحْ...

Translation:

"O Allah, open for me the doors of Your mercy."

Leaving the Mosque

اَللّٰهُمَّ إِنِّي...

Translation:

"O Allah, I ask You for Your bounty."

Dua e Qunoot (Witr)

اَللّٰهُمَّ اهْدِنِي...

Translation:

"O Allah, guide me with those whom You have guided, and strengthen me with those whom You have given strength, and take me to Your care with those whom You have taken to Your care, and bless me in what You have given me, and protect me from the evil You have ordained. Surely You command and are not commanded, and no one whom You have committed to Your care shall be humiliated, and no one whom You have taken as an enemy shall taste glory. You are Blessed, our Lord, and Exalted."

Darood-e-Ibrahimi

اَللّٰهُمَّ صَلِّ...

Translation:

"O Allah, send prayers upon Muhammad and upon the family of Muhammad, as You sent prayers upon Ibrahim and upon the family of Ibrahim; indeed, You are Praiseworthy and Glorious. O Allah, send blessings upon Muhammad and upon the family of Muhammad, as You sent blessings upon Ibrahim and upon the family of Ibrahim; indeed, You are Praiseworthy and Glorious."

Dua for Istikhara

اَللّٰهُمَّ إِنِّي...

Translation:

"O Allah, I seek Your guidance [in making a choice] by virtue of Your knowledge, and I seek ability by virtue of Your power, and I ask You of Your great bounty."

Travel & Home

Leaving the House

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ...

Translation:

"In the name of Allah, I place my trust in Allah, and there is no might nor power except with Allah."

Entering the House

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ...

Translation:

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

Dua for Traveling

سُبْحَانَ الَّذِي...

Translation:

"Glory to Him who has subjected this to us, and we could not have otherwise subdued it. And indeed we, to our Lord, will surely return."

Returning from Travel

آيِبُونَ تَائِبُونَ...

Translation:

"We are returning, repenting, worshipping, and praising our Lord."

Entering a Market

لَا إِلَهَ...

Translation:

"There is no god but Allah alone, Who has no partner. His is the dominion and His is the praise. He brings life and He causes death, and He is the Living One who does not die. In His Hand is all good, and He has power over all things."

Nature & Seasons

Sighting the New Moon

اَللّٰهُمَّ أَهِلَّهُ...

Translation:

"O Allah, let this moon appear on us with security and faith; with safety and Islam. (O Moon!) My Lord and your Lord is Allah."

When It Rains

اَللّٰهُمَّ صَيِّبًا...

Translation:

"O Allah, may it be a beneficial rain."

Upon Hearing Thunder

سُبْحَانَ الَّذِي...

Translation:

"Glory to Him whom thunder glorifies with His praise, and the angels from the fear of Him."

During a Windstorm

اَللّٰهُمَّ إِنِّي...

Translation:

"O Allah, I ask You for the good of it, and I seek refuge in You from its evil."

Ramadan

Sehri (Beginning Fast)

وَبِصَوْمِ غَدٍ...

Translation:

"I intend to keep the fast for tomorrow in the month of Ramadan."

Breaking the Fast (Iftar)

ذَهَبَ الظَّمَأُ...

Translation:

"The thirst is gone, the veins are moistened, and the reward is confirmed, if Allah wills."

Lailatul Qadr

اَللّٰهُمَّ إِنَّكَ...

Translation:

"O Allah, You are Forgiving and love forgiveness, so forgive me."

Emotions

When Angry

أَعُوذُ بِاللَّهِ...

Translation:

"I seek refuge in Allah from Satan the outcast."

For Anxiety and Sorrow

اَللّٰهُمَّ إِنِّي...

Translation:

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

Hardship & Grief

To Settle a Debt

اَللّٰهُمَّ اكْفِنِي...

Translation:

"O Allah, suffice me with Your lawful against Your prohibited, and make me independent of all those besides You."

For the Deceased (Inna Lillahi...)

إِنَّا لِلَّهِ...

Translation:

"Indeed we belong to Allah, and indeed to Him we do return."

Visiting the Sick

لَا بَأْسَ...

Translation:

"Do not worry, it will be a purification (from sins), if Allah wills."

Protection

Protection from Calamity

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ...

Translation:

"In the name of Allah, with Whose name nothing can cause harm in the earth nor in the heavens, and He is the Hearing, the Knowing."

Forgiveness

Sayyidul Istighfar (Best Forgiveness)

اَللّٰهُمَّ أَنْتَ...

Translation:

"O Allah, You are my Lord. There is no god but You. You created me and I am Your slave, and I am abiding by Your covenant and promise as best as I can. I seek refuge in You from the evil of what I have done. I acknowledge Your blessings upon me and I acknowledge my sin. So forgive me, for there is no one who can forgive sins except You."

Family

Dua for Parents

رَبِّ ارْحَمْهُمَا...

Translation:

"My Lord, have mercy upon them as they brought me up [when I was] small."

For Spouse and Children

رَبَّنَا هَبْ...

Translation:

"Our Lord, grant us from among our wives and offspring comfort to our eyes and make us an example for the righteous."

Social & Manners

Islamic Greeting

اَلسَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ...

Translation:

"Peace be upon you, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings."

When Sneezing

الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ...

Translation:

"All praise is for Allah."

Replying to Sneezer

يَرْحَمُكَ اللَّهُ...

Translation:

"May Allah have mercy on you."

Thanking Someone

جَزَاكَ اللَّهُ...

Translation:

"May Allah reward you with goodness."

Knowledge

For Increase in Knowledge

رَبِّ زِدْنِي...

Translation:

"My Lord, increase me in knowledge."

Rizq & Wealth

For Sustenance (Rizq)

اَللّٰهُمَّ إِنِّي...

Translation:

"O Allah, I ask You for beneficial knowledge, goodly provision, and acceptable deeds."

Hajj & Umrah

Talbiyah

لَبَّيْكَ اللَّهُمَّ...

Translation:

"Here I am, O Allah, here I am. Here I am, You have no partner, here I am. Verily all praise and blessings are Yours, and all sovereignty, You have no partner."

At Black Stone (Hajar Aswad)

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ...

Translation:

"In the name of Allah, and Allah is the Greatest."

At Safa and Marwa

إِنَّ الصَّفَا...

Translation:

"Indeed, Safa and Marwah are among the symbols of Allah."

Dua of Arafat

لَا إِلَهَ...

Translation:

"There is no god but Allah alone, He has no partner. His is the dominion and His is the praise, and He is able to do all things."

Funeral & Grave

Funeral Prayer (Janaza)

اَللّٰهُمَّ اغْفِرْ...

Translation:

"O Allah, forgive our living and our dead, those present and those absent, our young and our old, our males and our females."

Visiting Graves

اَلسَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ...

Translation:

"Peace be upon you, inhabitants of the dwellings, believers and Muslims. And we, if Allah wills, shall join you. I ask Allah for well-being for ourselves and for you."

General

For Good in Both Worlds

رَبَّنَا آتِنَا...

Translation:

"Our Lord, give us in this world [that which is] good and in the Hereafter [that which is] good and protect us from the punishment of the Fire."