Prayers of the Prophets – Golden Article

Supplications of Prophet Noah (Peace Be Upon Him)

Prophet Noah (PBUH) made various supplications, which are listed below:

(My Lord, help me because they have denied me).
(O my Lord, do not leave upon the earth any disbeliever.)* Indeed, if You leave them, they will mislead Your servants, and will not produce except the wicked and ungrateful).
(My Lord, I seek refuge in You from asking You what I have no knowledge of; and unless You forgive me and have mercy upon me, I shall be among the losers).
(O my Lord, forgive me and my parents, and whoever enters my home as a believer, and all the believing men and women, and increase not the wrongdoers except in destruction).

The Noble Qur’an mentions several supplications made by Prophet Abraham (PBUH). Here are some of them:

(O my Lord, make this city safe and provide its people with fruits, whoever among them believes in Allah and the Last Day).
(Our Lord, indeed I have settled some of my descendants in a valley without cultivation, near Your Sacred House. Our Lord, that they may establish prayer. So make hearts among the people incline towards them and provide for them from the fruits that they might be grateful).
(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 on the Day the account is established).
(My Lord, grant me judgment and join me with the righteous, and give me a mention of honor among later generations, and make me among the inheritors of the Garden of Delight).
(And do not disgrace me on the Day they are resurrected).

Numerous supplications are attributed to Prophet Moses (PBUH), as follows:

(My Lord, indeed I have wronged myself, so forgive me).
(He said, O my Lord, save me from the wrongdoing people).
(And decree for us in this world a good, and in the Hereafter. Indeed, we have turned to You).

This section highlights the prayers of Prophet Jesus (PBUH):

(Our Lord, send down to us a table from the heavens to be for us a festival for the first of us and the last of us, and a sign from You. And provide for us, for You are the best of providers).
(If You punish them, indeed they are Your servants; and if You forgive them, indeed You are the Exalted in Might, the Wise).

The Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) is reported to have made numerous supplications, including the following:

(O Allah, grant us good in this world and good in the Hereafter, and protect us from the torment of the Fire).
(O Allah, I ask You for guidance, piety, chastity, and wealth).
(O Allah, forgive me, have mercy on me, guide me, and provide for me).
(O Allah, I seek refuge in You from anxiety and sadness, from incapacity and laziness, from cowardice and miserliness, and from the burden of debt and the oppression of men).
(O Allah, benefit me with what You have taught me, teach me what will benefit me, and increase my knowledge).
(O Allah, I seek refuge in You from incapacity and laziness, from cowardice and miserliness, from old age, from the punishment of the grave, and from the trials of life and death).
(O Allah, I seek refuge in You from the withdrawal of Your blessings, from the change of Your well-being, from the suddenness of Your wrath, and from all forms of Your displeasure).

The Holy Book records several supplications made by other prophets, including:

Supplication of Adam (Peace Be Upon Him): (Our Lord, we have wronged ourselves, and if You do not forgive us and have mercy upon us, we will surely be among the losers).
Supplication of David (Peace Be Upon Him): (Our Lord, pour upon us patience, and make firm our feet, and give us victory over the disbelieving people).
Supplication of Solomon (Peace Be Upon Him): (My Lord, forgive me and grant me a kingdom such as will not belong to anyone after me. Indeed, You are the Bestower).
Supplication of Zechariah (Peace Be Upon Him): (My Lord, do not leave me alone [with no heir], while You are the best of inheritors).
Supplication of Job (Peace Be Upon Him): (Indeed, adversity has touched me, and You are the most merciful of the merciful).
Supplication of Jonah (Peace Be Upon Him): (None has the right to be worshiped except You; exalted are You. Indeed, I have been of the wrongdoers).