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Supplication Between the Two Prostrations

Forgiveness

اَللّٰهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِيْ ، وَارْحَمْنِيْ ، وَعَافِنيْ ، وَاهْدِنِيْ وَارْزُقْنِيْ

English

O Allah, forgive me, have mercy on me, grant me well-being, guide me, and provide for me.

Allāhumma-ghfir lī, wa-rḥamnī, wa-ʿāfinī, wa-hdinī wa-rzuqnī.

Reference

Ibn ʿAbbās (may Allah be pleased with him) reported that the Prophet (peace be upon him) used to say between the two prostrations:

  • Abū Dāwūd 850 · 2/138 إسناده حسن— شعيب الأرنؤوط ومحمد كامل قره بللي
  • Natāʾij al-Afkār (Ibn Ḥajar) 2/122 حديث غريب— ابن حجر

Explanation

Five requests follow one another: forgiveness (ghafara, to cover and pardon), mercy, ʿāfiya (well-being and safety from harm), guidance, and provision. Tuḥfat al-Aḥwadhī says the report shows it is prescribed to supplicate with these words in the sitting between the two prostrations. It notes that the Tirmidhī wording has wa-jburnī (“enrich me”, as al-Jazarī glosses it) in place of wa-ʿāfinī. Al-Jazarī explains jabara as returning what was lost or compensating for it, from the mending of a fracture.

  • Tuḥfat al-Aḥwadhī 2/141
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