Impactful and Beautiful Prayers
- (O Allah, unite our hearts, mend our relationships, guide us to the paths of peace, save us from darkness to light, protect us from immorality, and bless us with hearing, sight, hearts, spouses, and offspring. Accept our repentance, for You are the Most Merciful Forgiver).
- (My Lord, if I am tested with a sin, do not let me be tested with the sin of openly declaring it. Wherever guidance may be, make it my path; wherever Your pleasure may be, make it my companion; wherever happiness may be, let it dwell in my heart).
- (O Allah, grant me positive change in my character and circumstances, fulfill my wishes, and do not let me become a burden to anyone).
- (O Allah, I ask for guidance in my journey, tranquility in my soul, and ease in my affairs. I seek refuge with You from disordered matters, affliction, and tightness of the heart).
- (O Allah, I seek Your forgiveness for all sins that lead to regret and remorse, that hinder supplication and block sustenance. If there is a sin preventing the easement of my affairs, forgive it for me).
- (O Allah, guide us, guide us, guide us with guidance that we will never turn away from again, and grant us happiness that we will never suffer from again. Shower us with Your mercy, O Lord of the worlds).
- (O Lord, respond to what I cannot express in words; You know every prayer that resides in my heart and how to elevate it to You).
- (O Allah, make the best of our deeds their final ones, the best of our lifetimes the latter ones, and the best of our days the day we meet You. Forgive us for the past and rectify what remains).
- (My Lord, do not allow our eyes to be limited to seeing only this world, nor our hearts to be constricted by thoughts of humanity alone. Make us insightful and elevated in thought, seeing Paradise and striving for it).
- (O Lord, I fear dying suddenly without having repented sincerely in my heart. Forgive me if I pass away and make provisions for those who pray for me tirelessly).
- (My Lord, wherever guidance may be, make it my path; wherever satisfaction lies, make it my companion; wherever happiness resides, let it settle in my heart).
- (My Lord, make me better than what they think of me, and forgive me for what they do not know. I entrust my future days to You; inscribe for me all that is good and ward off any evil or calamity).
- (O Allah, I ask for a pure life, a sound death, and a return that is neither humiliating nor disgraceful. Grant me according to my intentions, for I intend nothing but good for anyone. Bless me with more than I wish for, beyond my expectations, and better than what I pray for).
- (My Lord, give me good news that delights me, protect me from harm, strengthen my certainty, provide me with enough lawful provisions, and keep away from me everything that causes hurt).
- (O Allah, I submit to You, I believe in You, I rely on You, I turn to You, and I argue with You. I seek refuge in Your might, for there is no deity but You, that I may be led astray. You are the Ever-Living who does not die, while the jinn and mankind do perish).
- (O Allah, I ask You for all that is good, both immediate and deferred, what I know of and what I do not. And I seek refuge with You from all evil, immediate and deferred, what I know of and what I do not).
- (O Allah, You are my Lord; there is no deity but You. You created me, and I am Your servant, and I will uphold my covenant and promise to You as best as I can. I seek refuge with You from the harm of what I have done. I acknowledge Your blessings upon me and confess my sins, so forgive me, for none can forgive sins but You).
- (O Allah, I seek refuge with You from helplessness and laziness, cowardice and miserliness, old age and harshness, oblivion and arrogance, humiliation and destitution).
- (O Allah, safeguard me from poverty and disbelief, corruption and division, hypocrisy and reputation-seeking, and protect me from deafness and muteness, madness and skin diseases, leprosy, and all illnesses).
- (O Allah, make faith beloved to us and adorn it in our hearts. Make disbelief, wrongdoing, and disobedience distasteful to us, and count us among the rightly-guided. Make us guides who are themselves rightly guided, not misled nor misleading others).
The Essence of Prayer
The term “prayer” linguistically refers to a call or request. In religious terms, it signifies seeking from Allah Almighty, driven by both hope and fear, whether for the forgiveness of a deed, alleviation of harm, or diversion of danger, in pursuit of reward and merit in this world and the Hereafter. The Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) mentioned various ways to achieve prayer fulfillment, which may include an immediate response from Allah, the prevention of harm similar to that of the supplication, or the preservation of the prayer for the Afterlife. Thus, prayer becomes an essential aspect of human existence, serving to alleviate trials and preserve bounties.
Answered Prayers
Certain supplications are especially noted for their likely acceptance by Allah Almighty, including the following:
- The prayer of a righteous child; as the Prophet (peace be upon him) said: “When a person dies, their deeds cease except for three: a continuous charity, beneficial knowledge, or a righteous child who prays for them.”
- The prayer of a traveler; the Prophet (peace be upon him) stated: “There are three supplications that are certainly answered: the prayer of the oppressed, the prayer of the traveler, and the prayer of a parent for their child.”
- The prayer of the distressed; as stated in the Quran: “Is not He who answers the distressed one when he calls upon Him and removes evil?”
- The prayer of a Muslim for his brother in his absence; as mentioned by the Prophet (peace be upon him): “The prayer of a Muslim for his brother in his absence is accepted; an angel is appointed at his head, and whenever he prays for his brother, the angel says: ‘Amen, and for you the same.’
- The prayer of the oppressed; the Prophet (peace be upon him) said: “The prayer of the oppressed is accepted, even if the one who is oppressing them is a wicked person, as their wickedness is upon themselves.”
- The prayer of one who frequently remembers Allah; the Prophet (peace be upon him) said: “Three types of people will not be denied their prayers: the one who remembers Allah abundantly, the oppressed, and the just ruler.”