Supplications for Easing Exams from the Holy Quran
This section outlines several verses and supplications recommended for recitation to facilitate the exam process, drawn from the Holy Quran:
- Recite Surah Ash-Sharh; Allah – the Almighty – states: (“Did We not expand for you, [O Muhammad], your breast? And We removed from you your burden which had weighed upon your back and raised high for you your repute. For indeed, with hardship [will be] ease. Indeed, with hardship [will be] ease. So when you have finished [your duties], then stand up [for worship]. And to your Lord direct your longing.”)
- Recite Ayat al-Kursi; Allah – the Almighty – states: (“God, there is no deity except Him, the Ever-Living, the Sustainer of existence. Neither drowsiness overtakes Him nor sleep. To Him belongs whatever is in the heavens and whatever is on the earth. Who is it that can intercede with Him except by His permission? He knows what is before them and what will be after them, and they encompass not a thing of His knowledge except for what He wills. His Kursi extends over the heavens and the earth, and their preservation tires Him not. And He is the Most High, the Great.”)
- Recite Surah Al-Ikhlas; (“Say, ‘He is Allah, [who is] One, Allah, the Eternal Refuge. He neither begets nor is born, nor is there to Him any equivalent.’”)
- Recite Surah Al-Falaq; (“Say, ‘I seek refuge in the Lord of daybreak from the evil of that which He created and from the evil of darkness when it settles and from the evil of the blowers in knots and from the evil of an envier when he envies.’”)
- Recite Surah An-Nas; (“Say, ‘I seek refuge in the Lord of mankind, the King of mankind, the God of mankind, from the evil of the retreating whisperer – who whispers [evil] into the breasts of mankind, of jinn and among mankind.’”)
- Utilize the supplication: (“O Lord, admit me into a good entry and exit, and grant me from Yourself a sustaining authority.”)
Supplications for Easing Exams from the Prophetic Tradition
This section highlights several supplications that are recommended to ease the examination process based on the teachings of the Prophet Muhammad:
- (“O Allah, nothing is easy except what You have made easy, and You can make sorrow easy if You wish.”)
- (“O Allah, Lord of the seven heavens, Lord of the Great Throne, our Lord and the Lord of all things, You are the Manifest, and there is nothing above You, and You are the Hidden, and there is nothing below You, Revealer of the Torah, the Gospel, and the Criterion, Splitter of the grain and the seed, I seek refuge in You from the evil of everything You have taken by the forelock. You are the First, and there is nothing before You, and You are the Last, and there is nothing after You. Settle our debts for us and enrich us from poverty.”)
- (“O Ever-Living, O Sustainer, I seek assistance from Your mercy; rectify all my affairs and do not leave me to myself for the blink of an eye.”)
- (“O Allah, I seek refuge with You from anxiety and sorrow, incapacity and laziness, stinginess and cowardice, the burden of debt, and the dominance of men.”)
- (“There is no deity but You; exalted are You! Indeed, I have been of the wrongdoers.”)
- (“Allah is sufficient for me; there is no deity except Him. Upon Him I have relied, and He is the Lord of the Great Throne.” – recite seven times)
- (“In the name of Allah, with whose name there is no harm in the earth nor in the heavens, and He is the Hearing, the Knowing.”)
Supplications for Success and Achievement in Exams
A Muslim may invoke Allah – the Almighty – in any manner, expressing his own words and style. Below are several supplications that one can recite with the intention of achieving success in examinations:
- (“O Allah, grant me success, assist me, ease my path, and be my best protector.”)
- (“O Allah, I entrust You with that which I have memorized and understood; return it to me when I need it.”)
- (“O Allah, I ask You for help, guidance, and blessings in my time.”)
- (“O Allah, bless me with the joy of success that I have long awaited; indeed, You have power over all things, O Most Generous of the generous.”)