Prayers for Deceased Parents

Prayers for Deceased Parents from the Quran

No individual, regardless of generosity, can truly repay the kindness of their parents. However, one of the greatest gifts a person can offer their deceased parents is prayer and seeking forgiveness on their behalf. Below are some Quranic supplications that can be made for deceased parents:

(And say, “My Lord, have mercy upon them as they brought me up [when I was] small.”).
(My Lord, make me an establisher of prayer, and [many] from my descendants. Our Lord, and accept my supplication. Our Lord, forgive me and my parents and the believers the Day the account is established).
(My Lord, enable me to be grateful for Your favor which You have bestowed upon me and upon my parents, and to work righteousness of which You will approve and admit me by Your mercy into the company of the righteous).
(Our Lord, grant us in this world [that which is] good and in the Hereafter [that which is] good and protect us from the punishment of the Fire).
(Our Lord, do not impose blame upon us if we have forgotten or made a mistake. Our Lord, and lay not upon us a burden like that which You laid upon those before us. Our Lord, and burden us not with that which we have no ability to bear. And pardon us; and forgive us; and have mercy upon us. You are our protector, so give us victory over the disbelieving people).

Prayers for Deceased Parents During Rain

The moments when rain falls are considered blessed times when supplications are readily accepted. In these times, children often wish to pray for their deceased parents with the following heartfelt prayers:

O Allah, let the breezes of Paradise blow upon them, O Most Merciful of the merciful.
O Allah, just as You have showered us with Your goodness, send down rain upon the graves of those who have departed, from the clouds of Your mercy.
O Allah, grant them comfort and forgiveness in every drop of rain, O Lord of the worlds.
My Lord, moisten the earth of those who have departed from us with the drops of Your goodness.
O Allah, bless the graves of my parents with the rivers of Your Paradise, and let every drop of rain bring them comfort and forgiveness, O Lord of the worlds.
O Allah, provide for the graves of those who can no longer contend in this world, and make them among the honored and blessed.
O Allah, have mercy on those whose absence we cannot comprehend, and illuminate their graves with light until the Day of Resurrection.
O Allah, show mercy to my father and mother and compensate them for every pain they have endured with a Paradise as vast as the heavens and the earth.
O Allah, make the grave of my mother and father a garden and a blossoming sanctuary filled with eternal bliss under Your shade.
O Allah, place light to the right of my parents until they are resurrected in peace and tranquility in Your divine light.
O Allah, expand my father’s grave so he may see vastness, and furnish his grave with the comforts of Paradise.
O Allah, protect my mother from the torment of the grave and its loneliness.
O Allah, fill their graves with contentment, light, spaciousness, and joy.
O Allah, if my parents were righteous, increase them in rewards. If they committed sins, then overlook their shortcomings.
O Allah, admit my mother into Paradise without reckoning or prior punishment.

Prayers for Deceased Parents on Fridays

Friday is a sacred day, accompanied by an hour in which prayers are not rejected. Therefore, Muslims can dedicate the following prayers for their deceased mother and father:

O Allah, on this blessed Friday, have mercy on my mother and father, forgive them, and look upon them with Your kindness and generosity, O Most Merciful of the merciful.
O Allah, elevate their ranks among the guided, and forgive us and them, O Allah, and expand their graves.
O Allah, replace their homes with better dwellings, and grant them better family among the best of families. Admit them into Paradise, and protect them from the torment of the grave and Hellfire.
O Allah, have mercy upon them on the earth, in the grave, and on the Day when we stand before You. Protect them from Your punishment on the day when You resurrect Your servants.
O Allah, O Possessor of Majesty and Honor, O Ever-Living, O Sustainer, I call upon You by Your greatest name, which, when invoked, You answer, please respond to my prayer on this Friday. I ask You to bestow Your blessings, mercy, and provision upon my parents. Grant them health and well-being until they are content in their lives, and seal their deeds with forgiveness so that sins do not harm them. Protect them from every fear before Paradise until You admit them therein by Your mercy, O Most Merciful of the merciful.
O Allah, forgive them, grant them wellbeing, pardon them, honor their resting place, widen their entrances, and cleanse them with water, ice, and snow. Purify them from sins and wrongdoings, just as a white garment is purified from dirt.

Prayers for Deceased Parents During Ramadan

Ramadan is a month filled with blessings and goodness, and it is important to remember deceased parents through sincere prayers during this holy time:

My Lord, we are in the last ten days when prayers are readily accepted; O Allah, have mercy on my mother and father, let their soil be fragrant, and their sheets be of silk; and enroll them among the gardens of eternal bliss.
O Allah, have mercy and forgive those who have departed from us, and grant them comfort in their graves, and allow them peaceful dwellings in Your Paradise, O Lord, for the sake of these blessed days of Ramadan.
O Allah, have mercy on my mother, forgive her, and admit her into Paradise with the truthful, the righteous, and the virtuous through the blessing of the last ten days of Ramadan.
O Allah, have mercy on those who preceded us to You, enlighten their graves and soothe their loneliness, forgive their weaknesses, and make Paradise their final abode through the blessings of these days in Ramadan.
O Allah, have mercy upon my father with Your mercy, forgive him, accept our prayers for him during the last ten nights, and grant us the privilege of seeing him in Your gardens filled with eternal bliss.
O Allah, forgive my mother and father, have mercy on them, and pardon them, O Lord of the worlds. I ask You to shelter them in the breadth of Your gardens and not count them among the wrongdoers in the Hereafter by Your mercy, O Generous of the Generous.
O Allah, grant them a home better than their previous home, a family better than their former family, and admit them into Paradise while protecting them from the punishment of the grave and Hellfire, O Allah.
O Allah, treat my father as he deserves, and do not treat him as he deserves; O Allah, reward him for his goodness with kindness and for his wrongdoings with pardon and forgiveness.
O Allah, have mercy on a soul that has ascended to You and whom we can only remember through our prayers. O Allah, forgive and show mercy upon them, and regard them with Your kindness and generosity, O Lord of the worlds.

Prayers for Deceased Parents on the Day of Arafah

The Day of Arafah is one of the most significant days for Muslims, marked with abundant virtues. On this day, one can approach their Creator with various forms of worship, including prayers for deceased parents with these supplications:

O Allah, on the blessed Day of Arafah, I beseech You for my parents. My Lord, grant them a home better than their previous one, a family better than the last, admit them into Paradise, and protect them from the torment of the grave and Hellfire.
O Allah, treat them as You see fit, and do not treat them as they deserve. Reward their goodness with goodness and pardon their misdeeds.
O Allah, on this blessed day, I ask You to be kind to my parents if they were righteous, and if they were wrongdoers, pardon them, O Lord of the worlds. Admit them into Paradise without reckoning or prior punishment.
O Allah, have mercy on my parents and forgive them, and be pleased with them in a way that grants them Your abundant pleasure, making it their abode of honor and security and places of Your forgiveness and mercy.
My Lord, on this day when You boast of Your servants and forgive them, grant my parents a comprehensive forgiveness that erases their past sins and misdeeds, and show them a mercy that illuminates their graves and secures them on the Day of Resurrection.
O Allah, grant them Paradise and distance them from the Fire.
O Allah, intercede for them through our Prophet and Chosen One, gather them under his banner, and quench their thirst with a blessed drink from his noble hand that they will never thirst again.
O Allah, extend to them the sight in their graves; let light, brightness, spaciousness, and joy descend upon their graves. Expand their graves and illuminate them with Your mercy, O Most Merciful of the merciful.
O Allah, reward them for their goodness with goodness and pardon them for their wrongs.
O Allah, let them dwell among the ranks of the truthful, the martyrs, and the righteous, and how excellent is their companionship.

Prayers for Deceased Parents on Eid

Eid is a day of joy for Muslims, and the happiness of a believer remains incomplete without supplicating for their deceased parents on this blessed day. Believers can use the following prayers:

O Lord, perfect our happiness on this blessed day with forgiveness and pleasure for our parents, O Lord of worlds.
O Allah, the day of Eid has come, and we are grieving the loss of our fathers. Compensate and mend our broken hearts, forgive them, and grant us visions of them in our dreams in the best of forms, and in the best of states.
O Allah, let our parents dwell in the highest levels of Paradise. Make their Eid celebrations there, O Generous of the Generous.
O Allah, console my mother in her solitude, her loneliness, and her estrangement.
O Allah, grant my father a blessed abode, and You are the best of hosts.
O Allah, transfer my father from the confines of the grave to the gardens of eternity.
O Allah, transform their graves into gardens from the Gardens of Paradise, and do not let them become pits from the pits of Hell.
O Allah, grant them residences alongside the truthful, martyrs, and the righteous, and how superb is their companionship.
O Allah, treat them as You see fit, and do not treat them as they deserve, O Generous, O Merciful.
O Allah, reward them for their good deeds with rewards, and for their wrongdoings with pardon and forgiveness.