Allah Knows Best
ٱللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ
- Transliteration
- Allāhu aʿlam
- Meaning
- Allah knows best.
- Source
- Qur'an 6:124
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Asking Allah to Increase Knowledge
رَّبِّ زِدْنِى عِلْمًۭا
- Transliteration
- Rabbi zidnī ʿilmā
- Meaning
- My Lord, increase me in knowledge.
- Source
- Qur'an 20:114
My Lord, Increase Me in Knowledge
وَقُل رَّبِّ زِدْنِى عِلْمًۭا
- Transliteration
- Wa-qur rabbi zidnī ʿilmā
- Meaning
- And say, "My Lord, increase me in knowledge."
- Source
- Qur'an 20:114
Those Who Fear Allāh Among His Servants
إِنَّمَا يَخْشَى ٱللَّهَ مِنْ عِبَادِهِ ٱلْعُلَمَـٰٓؤُا۟ ۗ
- Transliteration
- Innamā yakhshā-llāha min ʿibādihi-l-ʿulamāʾ.
- Meaning
- Only those fear Allāh, from among His servants, who have knowledge.
- Source
- Qur'an 35:28
Dua for Teaching the Book
اللَّهُمَّ عَلِّمْهُ الْكِتَابَ
- Transliteration
- Allāhumma ʿallimhu-l-kitāba.
- Meaning
- O Allah, teach him the Book.
- Source
- Hadith
Dua for Knowledge of the Book and Protection from Punishment
اللَّهُمَّ عَلِّمْهُ الْكِتَابَ وَالْحِسَابَ وَقِهِ الْعَذَابَ
- Transliteration
- Allāhumma ʿallimhu-l-kitāba wa-l-ḥisāba wa qihi-l-ʿadhāb
- Meaning
- O Allah, teach him the Book and calculation, and protect him from the punishment.
- Source
- Hadith
Removing Shaytan to Relieve Forgetfulness
اللَّهُمَّ أَخْرِجْ عَنْهُ الشَّيْطَانَ
- Transliteration
- Allāhumma ʾakhrij ʿanhu-sh-shayṭāna
- Meaning
- O Allah, drive the Shaytan out of him.
- Source
- Hadith
Dua for Granting Someone Understanding
اللَّهُمَّ فَقِّهْهُ
- Transliteration
- Allāhumma faqqihhu
- Meaning
- O Allah, give him deep understanding.
- Source
- Hadith
Untying the Knot from the Tongue
وَاحْلُلْ عُقْدَةً مِّن لِّسَانِي
- Transliteration
- Wa-ḥlul ʿuqdatan min lisānī
- Meaning
- And untie the knot from my tongue.
- Source
- Qur'an
Seek Beneficial Knowledge
- Meaning
- Seek beneficial knowledge
- Source
- Customary phrase
Seeking Knowledge Is Obligatory
- Meaning
- Seeking knowledge is an obligation.
- Source
- Customary phrase
Al-ʿAlīm, the All-Knowing
اَلْعَلِيمُ
- Transliteration
- al-ʿAlīm
- Meaning
- The All-Knowing
- Source
- Hadith
Acknowledgment of Allah's Infinite Knowledge
سُبْحَـٰنَكَ لَا عِلْمَ لَنَآ إِلَّا مَا عَلَّمْتَنَآ ۖ إِنَّكَ أَنتَ ٱلْعَلِيمُ ٱلْحَكِيمُ
- Transliteration
- Subḥānaka lā ʿilma lanā illā mā ʿallamtanā, innaka anta l-ʿalīmu l-ḥakīm.
- Meaning
- Exalted are You; we have no knowledge except what You have taught us. Indeed, it is You who is the Knowing, the Wise.
- Source
- Qur'an 2:32
He Grants Wisdom to Whom He Wills
يُؤْتِى ٱلْحِكْمَةَ مَن يَشَآءُ ۚ وَمَن يُؤْتَ ٱلْحِكْمَةَ فَقَدْ أُوتِىَ خَيْرًۭا كَثِيرًۭا ۗ
- Transliteration
- Yuʾtī l-ḥikmata man yashāʾ, wa-man yuʾta l-ḥikmata fa-qad ʾūtiya khayran kathīrā
- Meaning
- He gives wisdom to whom He wills, and whoever has been given wisdom has certainly been given much good.
- Source
- Qur'an 2:269
Are Those Who Know Equal to Those Who Do Not?
قُلْ هَلْ يَسْتَوِى ٱلَّذِينَ يَعْلَمُونَ وَٱلَّذِينَ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ ۗ
- Transliteration
- Qul hal yastawī-lladhīna yaʿlamūna wa-lladhīna lā yaʿlamūn.
- Meaning
- Say, "Are those who know equal to those who do not know?"
- Source
- Qur'an 39:9
Allah Raises the Believers and Knowledgeable
يَرْفَعِ ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ مِنكُمْ وَٱلَّذِينَ أُوتُوا۟ ٱلْعِلْمَ دَرَجَـٰتٍۢ ۚ
- Transliteration
- Yarfaʿi-llāhu-lladhīna āmanū minkum wa-lladhīna ūtū-l-ʿilma darajāt
- Meaning
- Allāh will raise those who have believed among you and those who were given knowledge, by degrees.
- Source
- Qur'an 58:11
Asking for Beneficial Knowledge, Good Provision, Accepted Deeds
اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ عِلْمًا نَّافِعًا ، وَرِزْقًا طَيِّبًا ، وَعَمَلًا مُّتَقَبَّلًا.
- Transliteration
- Allāhumma innī asʾaluka ʿilman nāfiʿan, wa rizqan ṭayyiban, wa ʿamalan mutaqabbalā.
- Meaning
- O Allah, I ask You for beneficial knowledge, good provision, and an accepted deed.
- Source
- Hadith
Prayer for an Open Chest and Easy Affair
رَبِّ اشْرَحْ لِي صَدْرِي ، وَيَسِّرْ لِي أَمْرِي.
- Transliteration
- Rabbi-shraḥ lī ṣadrī, wa yassir lī amrī.
- Meaning
- My Lord, open up my chest for me, and make my task easy for me.
- Source
- Qur'an
Prayer for Beneficial Knowledge and Increase
اللَّهُمَّ انْفَعْنِي بِمَا عَلَّمْتَنِي ، وَعَلِّمْنِي مَا يَنْفَعُنِي ، وَزِدْنِي عِلْمًا.
- Transliteration
- Allāhumma-nfaʿnī bimā ʿallamtanī, wa-ʿallimnī mā yanfaʿunī, wa-zidnī ʿilmā.
- Meaning
- O Allah, let me benefit from what You have taught me, teach me what will benefit me, and increase me in knowledge.
- Source
- Hadith
Seeking Beneficial Knowledge and Refuge from Useless Knowledge
اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ عِلْمًا نَافِعًا، وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ عِلْمٍ لَا يَنْفَعُ
- Transliteration
- Allāhumma innī asʾaluka ʿilman nāfiʿan wa aʿūdhu bika min ʿilmin lā yanfaʿu
- Meaning
- O Allah, I ask You for beneficial knowledge, and I seek refuge in You from knowledge that does not benefit.
- Source
- Hadith
Admitting We Know Only What Allah Has Taught
سُبْحَٰنَكَ لَا عِلْمَ لَنَآ إِلَّا مَا عَلَّمْتَنَآ إِنَّكَ أَنتَ الْعَلِيمُ الْحَكِيمُ
- Transliteration
- Subḥānaka lā ʿilma lanā illā mā ʿallamtanā. Innaka anta-l-ʿalīmu-l-ḥakīm.
- Meaning
- Glory be to You, we have no knowledge except what You have taught us. Indeed, You are the All-Knowing, the All-Wise.
- Source
- Qur'an
Prayer for Beneficial Knowledge
- Meaning
- May Allah increase our beneficial knowledge.
- Source
- Customary phrase
First Revelation of the Quran
ٱقْرَأْ بِٱسْمِ رَبِّكَ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ خَلَقَ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ مِنْ عَلَقٍ ٱقْرَأْ وَرَبُّكَ ٱلْأَكْرَمُ ٱلَّذِى عَلَّمَ بِٱلْقَلَمِ عَلَّمَ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ مَا لَمْ يَعْلَمْ
- Transliteration
- Iqraʾ bi-smi rabbika-lladhī khalaq. Khalaqa-l-insāna min ʿalaq. Iqraʾ wa-rabbuka-l-akram. Alladhī ʿallama bi-l-qalam. ʿAllama-l-insāna mā lam yaʿlam.
- Meaning
- Recite in the name of your Lord who created – Created man from a clinging substance. Recite, and your Lord is the most Generous – Who taught by the pen – Taught man that which he knew not.
- Source
- Qur'an 96:1–5
Purify My Soul and Protect Me from Four Harms
اللَّهُمَّ آتِ نَفْسِي تَقْوَاهَا ، وَزَكِّهَا أَنْتَ خَيْرُ مَنْ زَكَّاهَا ، أَنْتَ وَلِيُّهَا وَمَوْلَاهَا ، اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ عِلْمٍ لَّا يَنْفَعُ ، وَمِنْ قَلْبٍ لَّا يَخْشَعُ ، وَمِنْ نَّفْسٍ لَّا تَشْبَعُ ، وَمِنْ دَعْوَةٍ لَّا يُسْتَجَابُ لَهَا.
- Transliteration
- Allāhumma āti nafsī taqwāhā, wa-zakkihā anta khayru man zakkāhā, anta waliyyuhā wa-mawlāhā. Allāhumma innī aʿūdhu bika min ʿilmin lā yanfaʿ, wa-min qalbin lā yakhshaʿ, wa-min nafsin lā tashbaʿ, wa-min daʿwatin lā yustajābu lahā.
- Meaning
- O Allah, give my soul its piety and purify it, for You are the best of those who purify it; You are its Guardian and its Master. O Allah, I seek refuge in You from knowledge that does not benefit, from a heart that does not humble itself, from a soul that is never satisfied, and from a supplication that is not answered.
- Source
- Hadith
Refuge from Useless Knowledge and Unheard Speech
اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ عِلْمٍ لَّا يَنْفَعُ ، وَعَمَلٍ لَّا يُرْفَعُ ، وَقَلْبٍ لَّا يَخْشَعُ ، وَقَوْلٍ لَّا يُسْمَعُ.
- Transliteration
- Allāhumma innī aʿūdhu bika min ʿilmin lā yanfaʿ, wa-ʿamalin lā yurfaʿ, wa-qalbin lā yakhshaʿ, wa-qawlin lā yusmaʿ.
- Meaning
- O Allah, I seek refuge in You from knowledge that does not benefit, from deeds that are not raised up, from a heart that does not humble itself, and from words that are not heard.
- Source
- Hadith
Dua for Leaving Sins and Memorizing the Quran
اللَّهُمَّ ارْحَمْنِي بِتَرْكِ الْمَعَاصِي أَبَدًا مَا أَبْقَيْتَنِي وَارْحَمْنِي أَنْ أَتَكَلَّفَ مَا لَا يَعْنِينِي، وَارْزُقْنِي حُسْنَ النَّظَرِ فِيمَا يُرْضِيكَ عَنِّي، اللَّهُمَّ بَدِيعَ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ ذَا الْجَلَالِ وَالْإِكْرَامِ وَالْعِزَّةِ الَّتِي لَا تُرَامُ، أَسْأَلُكَ يَا اللهُ يَا رَحْمَنُ بِجَلَالِكَ وَنُورِ وَجْهِكَ أَنْ تُلْزِمَ قَلْبِي حِفْظَ كِتَابِكَ كَمَا عَلَّمْتَنِي، وَارْزُقْنِي أَنْ أَتْلُوَهُ عَلَى النَّحْوِ الَّذِي يُرْضِيكَ عَنِّيَ، اللَّهُمَّ بَدِيعَ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ ذَا الْجَلَالِ وَالْإِكْرَامِ وَالْعِزَّةِ الَّتِي لَا تُرَامُ، أَسْأَلُكَ يَا اللهُ يَا رَحْمَنُ بِجَلَالِكَ وَنُورِ وَجْهِكَ أَنْ تُنَوِّرَ بِكِتَابِكَ بَصَرِي، وَأَنْ تُطْلِقَ بِهِ لِسَانِي، وَأَنْ تُفَرِّجَ بِهِ عَنْ قَلْبِي، وَأَنْ تَشْرَحَ بِهِ صَدْرِي، وَأَنْ تَغْسِلَ بِهِ بَدَنِي، فَإِنَّهُ لَا يُعِينُنِي عَلَى الْحَقِّ غَيْرُكَ، وَلَا يُؤْتِيهِ إِلَّا أَنْتَ، وَلَا حَوْلَ وَلَا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِاللهِ الْعَلِيِّ الْعَظِيمِ،
- Transliteration
- Allāhumma-rḥamnī bi-tarki-l-maʿāṣī abadan mā abqaytanī, wa-rḥamnī an atakallafa mā lā yaʿnīnī, wa-rzuqnī ḥusna-n-naẓari fīmā yurḍīka ʿannī. Allāhumma badīʿa-s-samāwāti wa-l-arḍi dhā-l-jalāli wa-l-ikrāmi wa-l-ʿizzati-llatī lā turāmu, asʾaluka yā Allāhu yā Raḥmānu bi-jalālika wa-nūri wajhika an tulzima qalbī ḥifẓa kitābika kamā ʿallamtanī, wa-rzuqnī an atluwahu ʿalā-n-naḥwi-lladhī yurḍīka ʿanniya. Allāhumma badīʿa-s-samāwāti wa-l-arḍi dhā-l-jalāli wa-l-ikrāmi wa-l-ʿizzati-llatī lā turāmu, asʾaluka yā Allāhu yā Raḥmanu bi-jalālika wa-nūri wajhika an tunawwira bi-kitābika baṣarī, wa-an tuṭliqa bihi lisānī, wa-an tufarrija bihi ʿan qalbī, wa-an tashraḥa bihi ṣadrī, wa-an taghsila bihi badanī, fa-innahu lā yuʿīnunī ʿalā-l-ḥaqqi ghayruka, wa-lā yuʾtīhi illā anta, wa-lā ḥawla wa-lā quwwata illā bi-llāhi-l-ʿaliyyi-l-ʿaẓīm.
- Meaning
- O Allah, have mercy on me by my leaving disobedience forever, for as long as You keep me alive, and have mercy on me that I not burden myself with what does not concern me, and grant me good insight into what pleases You with me. O Allah, Originator of the heavens and the earth, Possessor of Majesty and Honour and of the might that cannot be attained, I ask You, O Allah, O Raḥmān, by Your Majesty and the light of Your Face, to bind my heart to the memorization of Your Book as You have taught me, and grant me that I recite it in the manner that pleases You with me. O Allah, Originator of the heavens and the earth, Possessor of Majesty and Honour and of the might that cannot be attained, I ask You, O Allah, O Raḥmān, by Your Majesty and the light of Your Face, to illuminate my sight with Your Book, to loosen my tongue with it, to relieve my heart with it, to expand my chest with it, and to wash my body with it, for none helps me upon the truth other than You, and none brings it except You. There is no might and no power except with Allah, the Most High, the Most Great.
- Source
- Hadith
Dua for Fear of Forgetting the Qur’an
اللَّهُمَّ ارْحَمْنِي بِتَرْكِ الْمَعَاصِي أَبَدًا مَا أَبْقَيْتَنِي، وَارْحَمْنِي بِتَرْكِ مَا لَا يَعْنِينِي، وَارْزُقْنِي حُسْنَ النَّظَرِ فِيمَا يُرْضِيكَ عَنِّي، وَأَلْزِمْ قَلْبِي حِفْظَ كِتَابِكَ كَمَا عَلَّمْتَنِي، وَنَوِّرْ بِهِ بَصَرِي، وَاشْرَحْ بِهِ صَدْرِي، وَاجْعَلْنِي أَتْلُوهُ عَلَى مَا يُرْضِيكَ عَنِّي، وَأَفْرِجْ بِهِ عَنْ قَلْبِي، وَأَطْلِقْ بِهِ لِسَانِي، وَاسْتَعْمِلْ بِهِ بَدَنِي، وَنَوِّرْ بِهِ قَلْبِي، وَلَا حَوْلَ وَلَا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِاللَّهِ
- Transliteration
- Allāhumma-rḥamnī bi-tarki-l-maʿāṣī abadan mā abqaytanī, wa-rḥamnī bi-tarki mā lā yaʿnīnī, wa-rzuqnī ḥusna-n-naẓari fīmā yurḍīka ʿannī, wa alzim qalbī ḥifẓa kitābika kamā ʿallamtanī, wa nawwira bihi baṣarī, wa-shraḥ bihi ṣadrī, wa-jʿalnī atluwahu ʿalā mā yurḍīka ʿannī, wa afrij bihi ʿan qalbī, wa aṭliq bihi lisānī, wa-staʿmil bihi badanī, wa nawwira bihi qalbī, wa lā ḥawla wa lā quwwata illā bi-llāhi.
- Meaning
- O Allah, have mercy on me by my leaving sins for as long as You keep me alive, and have mercy on me by my leaving what does not concern me. Grant me good consideration of what pleases You with me. Make my heart cling to the memorization of Your Book as You have taught me, illuminate my sight with it, expand my chest with it, and make me recite it in a way that pleases You with me. Relieve my heart with it, loosen my tongue with it, put my body to work with it, and illuminate my heart with it. There is no might and no power except with Allah.
- Source
- Hadith
Dua on Waking at Night
لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ، سُبْحَانَكَ اللَّهُمَّ، إِنِّي أَسْتَغْفِرُكَ لِذَنْبِي، وَأَسْأَلُكَ رَحْمَتَكَ، اللَّهُمَّ زِدْنِي عِلْمًا، وَلَا تُزِغْ قَلْبِي بَعْدَ إِذْ هَدَيْتَنِي وَهَبْ لِي مِنْ لَدُنْكَ رَحْمَةً إِنَّكَ أَنْتَ الْوَهَّابُ
- Transliteration
- Lā ilāha illā anta, subḥānaka-llāhumma, innī astaghfiruka li-dhanbī, wa asʾaluka raḥmataka, Allāhumma zidnī ʿilman, wa lā tuzigh qalbī baʿda idh hadaytanī wa hab lī min ladunka raḥmatan innaka anta-l-wahhāb
- Meaning
- There is no god but You; glory be to You, O Allah. I seek Your forgiveness for my sin, and I ask You for Your mercy. O Allah, increase me in knowledge, and do not let my heart deviate after You have guided me, and grant me mercy from Yourself; indeed You are the Bestower.
- Source
- Hadith
May My Lord Grant Beneficial Knowledge
- Meaning
- May my Lord grant beneficial knowledge.
- Source
- Customary phrase
Prayer for Knowledge and Understanding
رَبِّ زِدْنِي عِلْمًا وَارْزُقْنِي فَهْمًا
- Transliteration
- Rabbi zidnī ʿilman warzuqnī fahmā
- Meaning
- My Lord, increase me in knowledge and grant me understanding.
- Source
- Customary phrase