Duas from the Quran

1. Good in this world and the next

رَبَّنَا آتِنَا فِي الدُّنْيَا حَسَنَةً وَفِي الْآخِرَةِ حَسَنَةً وَقِنَا عَذَابَ النَّارِ ٢٠١

rabbanā ātinā fī l-dun'yā ḥasanatan wafī l-ākhirati ḥasanatan waqinā ʿadhāba l-nāri

Our Lord, give us good in this world and good in the Hereafter, and protect us from the punishment of the Fire.

This was the dua the Prophet ﷺ made most often.

2. Accept from us

رَبَّنَا تَقَبَّلْ مِنَّا إِنَّكَ أَنتَ السَّمِيعُ الْعَلِيمُ ١٢٧

rabbanā taqabbal minnā innaka anta l-samīʿu l-ʿalīmu

Our Lord, accept (this) from us. You are the All-Hearing, the All-Knowing.

Ibrahim and Ismaʿil said it while raising the walls of the Kaʿbah.

3. Do not burden us

رَبَّنَا لَا تُؤَاخِذْنَا إِن نَّسِينَا أَوْ أَخْطَأْنَا رَبَّنَا وَلَا تَحْمِلْ عَلَيْنَا إِصْرًا كَمَا حَمَلْتَهُ عَلَى الَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِنَا رَبَّنَا وَلَا تُحَمِّلْنَا مَا لَا طَاقَةَ لَنَا بِهِ وَاعْفُ عَنَّا وَاغْفِرْ لَنَا وَارْحَمْنَا أَنتَ مَوْلَانَا فَانصُرْنَا عَلَى الْقَوْمِ الْكَافِرِينَ ٢٨٦

rabbanā lā tuākhidh'nā in nasīnā aw akhṭanā rabbanā walā taḥmil ʿalaynā iṣ'ran kamā ḥamaltahu ʿalā alladhīna min qablinā rabbanā walā tuḥammil'nā mā lā ṭāqata lanā bihi wa-uʿ'fu ʿannā wa-igh'fir lanā wa-ir'ḥamnā anta mawlānā fa-unṣur'nā ʿalā l-qawmi l-kāfirīna

Our Lord, do not take us to task if we forget or make a mistake. Our Lord, do not lay on us a burden like the one You laid on those before us. Our Lord, do not burden us with more than we can bear. Pardon us, forgive us and have mercy on us. You are our Protector, so help us against the disbelieving people.

4. Keep our hearts firm

رَبَّنَا لَا تُزِغْ قُلُوبَنَا بَعْدَ إِذْ هَدَيْتَنَا وَهَبْ لَنَا مِن لَّدُنكَ رَحْمَةً إِنَّكَ أَنتَ الْوَهَّابُ ٨

rabbanā lā tuzigh qulūbanā baʿda idh hadaytanā wahab lanā min ladunka raḥmatan innaka anta l-wahābu

Our Lord, do not let our hearts swerve after You have guided us, and grant us mercy from Yourself. You are the Giver.

5. Allah is enough for us

حَسْبُنَا اللَّهُ وَنِعْمَ الْوَكِيلُ ١٧٣

ḥasbunā l-lahu waniʿ'ma l-wakīlu

Allah is enough for us, and He is the best Guardian.

Ibrahim said it when he was thrown into the fire, and the Prophet ﷺ when he was told an army had gathered against him.

6. The dua of Adam: we have wronged ourselves

رَبَّنَا ظَلَمْنَا أَنفُسَنَا وَإِن لَّمْ تَغْفِرْ لَنَا وَتَرْحَمْنَا لَنَكُونَنَّ مِنَ الْخَاسِرِينَ ٢٣

rabbanā ẓalamnā anfusanā wa-in lam taghfir lanā watarḥamnā lanakūnanna mina l-khāsirīna

Our Lord, we have wronged ourselves. If You do not forgive us and have mercy on us, we will surely be among the losers.

7. The dua of Ibrahim for prayer and parents

رَبِّ اجْعَلْنِي مُقِيمَ الصَّلَاةِ وَمِن ذُرِّيَّتِي رَبَّنَا وَتَقَبَّلْ دُعَاءِ ٤٠ رَبَّنَا اغْفِرْ لِي وَلِوَالِدَيَّ وَلِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ يَوْمَ يَقُومُ الْحِسَابُ ٤١

rabbi ij'ʿalnī muqīma l-ṣalati wamin dhurriyyatī rabbanā wataqabbal duʿāi · rabbanā igh'fir lī waliwālidayya walil'mu'minīna yawma yaqūmu l-ḥisābu

My Lord, make me one who keeps up the prayer, and my descendants too. Our Lord, accept my prayer. Our Lord, forgive me and my parents and the believers on the Day the reckoning takes place.

8. For your parents

رَبِّ ارْحَمْهُمَا كَمَا رَبَّيَانِي صَغِيرًا ٢٤

rabbi ir'ḥamhumā kamā rabbayānī ṣaghīran

My Lord, have mercy on them both, as they raised me when I was small.

9. The dua of Musa: open my heart

Before an exam, a talk or a hard task

رَبِّ اشْرَحْ لِي صَدْرِي ٢٥ وَيَسِّرْ لِي أَمْرِي ٢٦ وَاحْلُلْ عُقْدَةً مِّن لِّسَانِي ٢٧ يَفْقَهُوا قَوْلِي ٢٨

rabbi ish'raḥ lī ṣadrī · wayassir lī amrī · wa-uḥ'lul ʿuq'datan min lisānī · yafqahū qawlī

My Lord, open my heart for me, make my task easy for me, and untie the knot in my tongue so that they understand what I say.

10. Increase me in knowledge

Before you study

رَبِّ زِدْنِي عِلْمًا ١١٤

rabbi zid'nī ʿil'man

My Lord, increase me in knowledge.

11. The dua of Yunus in the whale

In any difficulty

لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا أَنتَ سُبْحَانَكَ إِنِّي كُنتُ مِنَ الظَّالِمِينَ ٨٧

lā ilāha illā anta sub'ḥānaka innī kuntu mina l-ẓālimīna

There is no god but You. Glory be to You! I have been one of the wrongdoers.

The Prophet ﷺ said that no Muslim ever calls on Allah with it for anything without Allah answering him (at-Tirmidhi 3505).

12. Forgive and have mercy

رَبِّ اغْفِرْ وَارْحَمْ وَأَنتَ خَيْرُ الرَّاحِمِينَ ١١٨

rabbi igh'fir wa-ir'ḥam wa-anta khayru l-rāḥimīna

My Lord, forgive and have mercy, for You are the best of those who show mercy.

13. For your spouse and children

رَبَّنَا هَبْ لَنَا مِنْ أَزْوَاجِنَا وَذُرِّيَّاتِنَا قُرَّةَ أَعْيُنٍ وَاجْعَلْنَا لِلْمُتَّقِينَ إِمَامًا ٧٤

rabbanā hab lanā min azwājinā wadhurriyyātinā qurrata aʿyunin wa-ij'ʿalnā lil'muttaqīna imāman

Our Lord, give us joy in our spouses and our children, and make us leaders of those who fear You.

14. The dua of Musa: I am in need

When you need work, provision or help

رَبِّ إِنِّي لِمَا أَنزَلْتَ إِلَيَّ مِنْ خَيْرٍ فَقِيرٌ ٢٤

rabbi innī limā anzalta ilayya min khayrin faqīrun

My Lord, I am truly in need of whatever good You send down to me.