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  • Another dua at the start of prayer after Takbeer

    اللهُ أَكْبَـرُ كَبـيرا ، اللهُ أَكْبَـرُ كَبـيرا ، اللهُ أَكْبَـرُ كَبـيرا ، وَالْحَـمْدُ للهِ كَثـيرا ، وَالْحَـمْدُ للهِ كَثـيرا ، وَالْحَـمْدُ لهِ كَثـيرا ، وَسُبْـحانَ اللهِ بكْـرَةً وَأَصيـلا

    أَعـوذُ بِاللهِ مِنَ الشَّـيْطانِ مِنْ نَفْخِـهِ وَنَفْـثِهِ وَهَمْـزِه

    ‘Allah is Most Great, Allah is Most Great, Allah is Most Great, much praise is for Allah, much praise is for Allah, much praise is for Allah, and I declare the perfection of Allah in the early morning and in the late afternoon.

    ‘I take refuge with Allah from the devil, from his pride, his poetry and his madness.’

    اللهُ أَكْبَـرُ كَبـيرا Allah is Most Great

    اللهُ أَكْبَـرُ كَبـيرا Allah is Most Great

    اللهُ أَكْبَـرُ كَبـيرا Allah is Most Great

    وَالْحَـمْدُ للهِ كَثـيرا and much praise is for Allah

    ، وَالْحَـمْدُ للهِ كَثـيرا And much praise is for Allah

    ، وَالْحَـمْدُ للهِ كَثـيرا And much praise for Allah

    ، وَسُبْـحانَ اللهِ and glory be to Allah

    بكْـرَةً early morning

    وَأَصيـلا and late afternoon

    أَعـوذُ بِاللهِ I seek refuge with Allah

    مِنَ الشَّـيْطانِ from Shaitan

    مِنْ نَفْخِـهِ from his breath (Page 571 of Dictionary)

    وَنَفْـثِهِ his spitting (Page 570 of Dictionary)

    وَهَمْـزِه and his whispers

  • Dua at the start of prayer after takbeer

    اللّهُـمَّ رَبَّ جِـبْرائيل ، وَميكـائيل ، وَإِسْـرافيل، فاطِـرَ السَّمواتِ وَالأَرْض ، عالـِمَ الغَيْـبِ وَالشَّهـادَةِ أَنْـتَ تَحْـكمُ بَيْـنَ عِبـادِكَ فيـما كانوا فيهِ يَخْتَلِفـون. اهدِنـي لِمـا اخْتُـلِفَ فيـهِ مِنَ الْحَـقِّ  بِإِذْنِك ، إِنَّـكَ تَهْـدي مَنْ تَشـاءُ إِلى صِراطٍ مُسْتَقـيم

    ‘O Allah, Lord of Jibra-eel, Meeka-eel and Israfeel (great angles), Creator of the heavens and the Earth, Knower of the seen and the unseen.  You are the arbitrator  between Your servants in that which they have disputed.  Guide me to the truth by Your leave, in that which they have differed, for verily You guide whom You will to a straight path.’ [Sunan an-Nasa’i 1625]

    اللّهُـمَّ O Allah

    رَبَّ جِـبْرائيل وَميكـائيل وَإِسْـرافيل Lord of Gibraeel, Mikaeel, and Israfeel

    فاطِـرَ Creator (Root ف ط ر Page 802 in Quran Dictionary)

    السَّمواتِ the heavens

    وَالأَرْض and earth

    ، عالـِمَ Knower

    الغَيْـبِ (of) unseen

    وَالشَّهـادَةِ and seen

    أَنْـتَ You

    تَحْـكمُ judge

    بَيْـنَ between

    عِبـادِكَYour slaves

    فيـما in what

    كانوا they are

    فيهِ in it

    يَخْتَلِفـون disputing ( Root word خ ل ف Page 532)

    اهدِنـي guide me

    لِمـا to what

    اخْتُـلِفَ they disputed ( Root word خ ل ف Page 532)

    فيـهِ in it

    مِنَ الْحَـقِّ from the truth 

    بِإِذْنِك with Your permission

    ، إِنَّـكَ indeed

    تَهْـدي You guide

    مَنْ who

    تَشـاءُ You will

    إِلى to

    صِراطٍ path

    مُسْتَقـيم straight

  • Dua for anxiety

    اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي عَبْدُكَ ابْنُ عَبْدِكَ ابْنُ أَمَتِكَ نَاصِيَتِي بِيَدِكَ ، مَاضٍ فِيَّ حُكْمُكَ ، عَدْلٌ فِيَّ قَضَاءُكَ 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 ، وَجَلاءَ حُزْنِي ، وذَهَابَ هَمِّي

    “O Allah, I am Your slave, son of Your slave, son of Your handmaid, my forelock is in Your hand (i.e. You have total mastery over me), Your command over me is forever executed and Your decree over me is just.” I ask You by every name belonging to You which You named Yourself with, or revealed in Your Book, or You taught to any of Your creation, or You have preserved in the knowledge of the unseen with You, that You make the Qur’an the life of my heart and the light of my bosom, and a departure for my sorrow and a release for my anxiety.

    اللَّهُمَّ O Allah

    إِنِّي indeed I

    عَبْدُكَ Your slave

    ابْنُ son

    عَبْدِكَYour slave

    ابْنُson

    أَمَتِكَ female slave

    نَاصِيَتِي my forelock (Root word ن ص ا Page 938)

    بِيَدِكَ with Your hand

    مَاضٍ (going on) forever (Root word: م ض ى Page 908)

    فِيَّ in me

    حُكْمُكَ Your judgement (Root word : ح ك م hakama Page 503)

    ، عَدْلٌ just (Root word : ع د ل Page 734)

    فِيَّ in me

    قَضَاءُكَ Your judgement (Root word ق ض ى Page 830)

    أَسْأَلُكَ I ask you

    بِكُلِّ with every

    اسْمٍ name

    هُوَ it

    لَكَ (is) for You

    سَمَّيْتَ You name

    بِهِ with it

    نَفْسَكَ Yourself

    أَوْor

    أَنْزَلْتَهُ You sent it down

    فِي كِتَابِكَ in Your book

    ، أَوْ عَلَّمْتَهُ or You taught it

    أَحَدًا anyone

    مِنْ from

    خَلْقِكَYour creation

    أَوِ or

    اسْتَأْثَرْتَ You preserved (Root word ا ث ر Page 382)

    بِهِ it

    فِي in

    عِلْمِ الْغَيْبِ knowledge of unseen

    عِنْدَكَ with You

    ، أَنْ that

    تَجْعَلَYou make

    الْقُرْآنَ The Quran

    رَبِيعَspring

    قَلْبِي (of) my heart

    ، وَ and

    نُورَ light

    صَدْرِي of my chest

    ، وَ and

    جَلاءَ departure (Root word ج ل ا Page 473)

    حُزْنِي (of) my sadness (Root word ح ز ن Page 493)

    وذَهَابَ and release of (Root word ذ ه ب Page 564)

    هَمِّي (of) my anxiety (Root word ه م م Page 965)