Supplications Before Studying
Supplication holds significant importance in Islam, allowing Muslims to pray with eloquence and sincerity. The realm of prayer is vast, and we will highlight several supplications that can be made by Muslims in various circumstances, especially before studying:
- (O Allah, I seek refuge with You from worry and sorrow, incapacity and laziness, cowardice and stinginess, the burden of debt, and the domination of men).
- (O Allah, there is no ease except what You have made easy, and You make difficulty easy if You will).
- (O Allah, I am Your servant, the son of Your servant, and the son of Your maidservant. My forelock is in Your Hand; Your decree over me is ongoing, and Your judgement upon me is just. I ask You by every name that is Yours, with which You have named Yourself, or revealed in Your Book, or taught to any of Your creation, or kept to Yourself in the knowledge of the unseen with You, to make the Quran the spring of my heart, the light of my chest, the relief of my grief, and the removal of my worry. So, let Allah remove his worry and sorrow and replace it with relief).
- O Allah, You are the Facilitator of the difficult, the Comforter of the iron, the Fulfillers of promises, and the One who is engaged in a new affair every day; ease my studies.
- O Allah, with You I push away what I cannot bear; there is no strength except in Allah, the Most High, the Great.
- O Lord, strengthen me in memorization and understanding; You know best what is secret and what is public.
- O Allah, You control what benefits me and what harms me, and You have the capability to relieve my affairs and facilitate my hardships.
- O Merciful One, open to us the openings of the knowledgeable. O Answerer of the distressed supplicant when he calls upon You; O He who says to a thing, “Be,” and it is.
- O Allah, assist me in studying and do not let my heart tire of it; accompany me at every moment.
- O Allah, grant me success in what You love and are pleased with, and bestow upon me success and achievement.
Supplications for Easing Study
Below are some supplications that can be utilized to seek ease in studying and other matters:
- O Allah, bring us out from the darkness of illusion and honor us with the light of understanding.
- O Allah, grant us knowledge and improve our character with patience.
- O Allah, make our study matters easy and lighten them for us, O Most Merciful of the merciful.
- O Allah, grant me openings of knowledge through Your wisdom.
- O Allah, spread Your mercy upon me, and remind me of what I have forgotten when I need it, O Majestic One.
- My Lord, I ask You for the best of requests, the best of actions, and the best of life.
- O Allah, I ask You not to deprive me of the best success and the best reward.
- My Lord, I ask You for clarity of mind.
- O Allah, I ask You for strength in memorization and speed in understanding.
Supplications for Retaining Knowledge After Studying
There are no specific supplications uniquely focused on retaining knowledge after studying; however, here are several prayers that can be beneficial:
- O Allah, I deposit with You everything I have read, memorized, and learned; I ask You to recall it to me when I need it, for You are capable of all things.
- O Lord of the worlds, I place my trust in You and submit my entire affair to You, there is no refuge nor escape from You except to You.
- O Allah, I entrust to You what I have read, memorized, and understood; ease my examination, O Lord.
- O Allah, open to me the doors of Your wisdom, spread upon me Your mercy, and bestow upon me retention and understanding.
- Glorious are You; we possess no knowledge except what You have taught us; indeed, You are the All-Knowing, the Wise.
- My Lord, I ask You for the understanding of the Prophets and the memorization of the Messengers.
- My Lord, grant me success in my memorization and understanding.
- O Allah, bestow upon me retention and open for me the doors of wisdom; envelop me in forgiveness and mercy. Truly, O Lord, we have no knowledge except what You have taught us.
- O Allah, honor me with the strength of retention and the swiftness of understanding, and grant me clarity of mind, intellect, and memory.