Islamic Duas from the Quran & Sunnah — 159 Supplications Across 22 Categories
Supplication (duʿāʾ) is the believer’s direct, unmediated conversation with Allah at every moment of joy, need, gratitude, or distress. Imantree’s library gathers 159 supplications drawn from the Holy Quran and Imam an-Nawawī’s classical compendia al-Adhkār and Riyāḍ aṣ-Ṣāliḥīn — complete with vowelized Arabic script, phonetic transliteration, English translation, historical context, and transparent source grading.
Allahumma anta Rabbi, la ilaha illa anta, khalaqtani wa ana abduk, wa ana ala ahdika wa wa’dika mastata’t, a’udhu bika min sharri ma sana’t, abu’u laka bi-ni’matika alayya wa abu’u bi-dhanbi, faghfir li fa-innahu la yaghfirudh-dhunuba illa ant
O Allah, You are my Lord. There is no god but You. You created me and I am Your servant. I keep Your covenant and Your promise as much as I can. I seek refuge in You from the evil I have done. I acknowledge Your favour upon me and I confess my sin. So forgive me, for none forgives sins but You.
Reported Context & Reflection: Narrated by Shaddād ibn Aws. In al-Adhkār, an-Nawawī places this supplication ahead of every other request for forgiveness — hence its name “Sayyid”, the master, the chief of them. It holds everything a supplication needs, in exactly this order: testimony, covenant, refuge, gratitude, and confession.
Reported Virtue: The Prophet ﷺ said: “Whoever says it during the day with firm conviction and dies that day before evening is among the people of Paradise; and whoever says it at night with firm conviction and dies before morning is among the people of Paradise.”
📚 Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 6306, Kitāb ad-Daʿawāt · an-Nawawī, al-Adhkār — Kapitel: Der Herr der Vergebungsbitten
We have entered the morning and the whole dominion belongs to Allah, and all praise is due to Allah.
Reported Context & Reflection: ʿAbdullāh ibn Masʿūd reported that the Prophet ﷺ said these words each morning, and the same at nightfall with “amsaynā”. The sentence settles the day before it starts: ownership of the world did not change hands overnight.
📚 Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim, Kitāb adh-Dhikr wa d-Duʿāʾ · an-Nawawī, al-Adhkār — Kapitel: Was man am Morgen und am Abend sagt
Rabbana atina fid-dunya hasanatan wa fil-akhirati hasanatan wa qina adhaban-nar
Our Lord, give us good in this world and good in the Hereafter, and protect us from the punishment of the Fire.
Reported Context & Reflection: This verse used to be labelled a “marriage supplication” in the app. It is not: it sits in the Qurʾān among the rites of pilgrimage, separating those who ask only for this world from those who ask for both. It is the shortest complete request there is.
Reported Virtue: Anas ibn Mālik said: the supplication the Prophet ﷺ made most often was this one. When Anas himself wanted to ask for something, he would say it and fold his other requests into it.
📚 Koran, Sūrat al-Baqara 2:201 · Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī & Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim (von Anas ibn Mālik) · an-Nawawī, al-Adhkār — Kapitel: Die umfassenden Bittgebete
Allahumma-nfa’ni bima allamtani wa allimni ma yanfa’uni wa zidni ilma
O Allah, benefit me by what You have taught me, teach me what benefits me, and increase me in knowledge.
Reported Context & Reflection: The order is the whole point: first benefit from what you already know, then new knowledge. Reverse it and you accumulate without ever arriving.
📚 Sunan Ibn Mājah, Kitāb al-Muqaddima · Sunan at-Tirmidhī, Kitāb ad-Daʿawāt · an-Nawawī, al-Adhkār — Kapitel: Das Bittgebet des Wissenssuchenden
Rabbana afrigh alayna sabran wa tawaffana muslimin
Our Lord, pour patience upon us and cause us to die as Muslims.
Reported Context & Reflection: Spoken by the magicians who set out against Mūsā in the morning and believed by midday. Pharaoh threatened to cut off their hands and feet and crucify them. Their answer was not defiance but this request: not for rescue, but for steadfastness to the last breath. The word afrigh means “to pour out” — patience poured over a head like water.
Rabbana la tuzigh qulubana ba’da idh hadaytana wa hab lana min ladunka rahmah, innaka antal-Wahhab
Our Lord, let not our hearts deviate after You have guided us, and grant us mercy from Yourself. You are indeed the Bestower.
Reported Context & Reflection: Umm Salama reported that the Prophet ﷺ often swore: “By the One who turns the hearts.” She asked him about it; he answered that there is no heart which is not between two fingers of the Most Merciful. This supplication is the consequence: guidance is not something you receive once and then own.
A’udhu bi-kalimatillahit-tammati min sharri ma khalaq
I seek refuge in the perfect words of Allah from the evil of what He has created.
Reported Context & Reflection: Narrated by Khawla bint Ḥakīm. It was later reported that a man who had said these words was stung by a scorpion and came to no harm. An-Nawawī accordingly lists the supplication among the prayers for travel and halting.
Reported Virtue: The Prophet ﷺ said: whoever stops at a place and says this, nothing will harm him until he departs from that place.
📚 Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim, Kitāb adh-Dhikr wa d-Duʿāʾ (von Khawla bint Ḥakīm) · an-Nawawī, al-Adhkār — Kapitel: Was man sagt, wenn man an einem Ort Rast macht
All praise is due to Allah, by whose favour good things are completed.
Reported Context & Reflection: It is reported that the Prophet ﷺ said this when something pleased him, and when something else befell him: “All praise is due to Allah in every state.” Two sentences for two kinds of day.
📚 Sunan Ibn Mājah, Kitāb al-Adab · al-Ḥākim, al-Mustadrak · an-Nawawī, al-Adhkār — Kapitel: Was man bei erfreulichen Ereignissen sagt
Inna lillahi wa inna ilayhi raji’un. Allahumma’jurni fi musibati wa akhlif li khayran minha
Indeed we belong to Allah and to Him we return. O Allah, reward me in my affliction and replace it for me with something better.
Reported Context & Reflection: When her husband Abū Salama died, Umm Salama said these words — thinking to herself: who could be better than Abū Salama? She said them anyway. Later she married the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. She herself narrates the Prophet’s words: “No servant is struck by an affliction and says this, without Allah rewarding him for it and giving him something better in its place.”
📚 Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 918, Kitāb al-Janāʾiz · an-Nawawī, al-Adhkār — Kapitel: Was man beim Unglück sagt
Alhamdulillahil-ladhi kasani hadha wa razaqanihi min ghayri hawlin minni wa la quwwah
All praise is due to Allah, who clothed me with this and provided it for me without any might or power on my part.
Reported Virtue: It is narrated: whoever says this is forgiven what has preceded of his sins.
📚 Sunan Abī Dāwūd, Kitāb al-Libās · Sunan at-Tirmidhī, Kitāb ad-Daʿawāt · an-Nawawī, al-Adhkār — Kapitel: Was man beim Anlegen eines neuen Gewandes sagt
Entering the Mosque
Sahih (Authentic)
اللَّهُمَّ افْتَحْ لِي أَبْوَابَ رَحْمَتِكَ
Allahumma-ftah li abwaba rahmatik
O Allah, open for me the gates of Your mercy.
📚 Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim, Kitāb al-Masājid (von Abū Ḥumayd / Abū Usayd) · an-Nawawī, al-Adhkār — Kapitel: Was man beim Betreten der Moschee sagt
Allahumma ahillahu alayna bil-yumni wal-iman, was-salamati wal-islam. Rabbi wa Rabbukallah
O Allah, let it rise over us with blessing and faith, with safety and Islam. My Lord and your Lord is Allah.
Reported Context & Reflection: The last sentence is addressed to the moon itself — “my Lord and your Lord is Allah”. In an age when people worshipped heavenly bodies, that is a correction in five words.
📚 Sunan at-Tirmidhī, Kitāb ad-Daʿawāt (von Ṭalḥa ibn ʿUbaydillāh) · an-Nawawī, al-Adhkār — Kapitel: Was man beim Anblick des Neumonds sagt
Classical Primary Sources
al-Adhkār — Imam an-Nawawī (d. 676 AH)
The classical handbook of prophetic supplications — arranged by occasion, each with its chain of transmission.
Riyāḍ aṣ-Ṣāliḥīn — Imam an-Nawawī
Nawawī’s hadith collection on lived faith; its chapter on supplication underlies many entries here.
The Qur’an
The supplications of the prophets, as Allah Himself recorded them.
Frequently Asked Questions
Which classical books are Imantree’s 159 duas sourced from?
The collection draws primarily from the Holy Quran and Imam an-Nawawī’s classical handbooks al-Adhkār and Riyāḍ aṣ-Ṣāliḥīn, with citations to Sahih al-Bukhari, Sahih Muslim, and the Sunan collections.
Does every dua include transliteration and English translation?
Yes. All 159 entries feature vowelized Arabic script, phonetic transliteration, clear English translation, and transparent source notes.
Are these duas available offline in the Imantree app?
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