Invocations (Du'as)
Discover a collection of Islamic invocations for all occasions, with transliteration and English translation.
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Morning Invocation
We have reached the morning and at this morning belongs the dominion to Allah. Praise be to Allah, none has the right to be worshipped but Allah alone, without partner.
Source: Muslim
Evening Invocation
We have reached the evening and at this evening belongs the dominion to Allah. Praise be to Allah, none has the right to be worshipped but Allah alone, without partner.
Source: Muslim
Protection against Evil
I seek protection in the perfect words of Allah from the evil of what He has created.
Source: Muslim
Invocation after Prayer
O Allah, You are Peace and from You comes peace. Blessed are You, O Possessor of majesty and honor.
Source: Muslim
Invocation for Ramadan
O Allah, I ask You during this blessed month of Ramadan for Your pleasure and Paradise, and I seek protection from Your anger and the Fire.
Source: Ibn Majah
Request for Guidance
O Allah, guide me among those You have guided, preserve me among those You have preserved, and take me into Your care among those You have taken into Your care.
Source: Abu Dawud
Request for Forgiveness
I ask forgiveness from Allah, the Mighty, besides Whom there is no deity, the Living, the Self-Sustaining, and I repent to Him.
Source: Abu Dawud, Tirmidhi
Protection before Sleeping
In Your name, O Allah, I die and I live.
Source: Al-Bukhari
Invocation for a Traveler
O Allah, we ask You in this journey for righteousness, piety, and the deeds that You are pleased with.
Source: Muslim
Invocation for Health
O Allah, grant me health in my body, O Allah, preserve my hearing, O Allah, preserve my sight. There is no deity worthy of worship but You.
Source: Abu Dawud, An-Nasa’i
Invocation for Healing
O Allah, Lord of mankind, remove the affliction and heal, for You are the Healer. There is no healing except Your healing, a healing that leaves no illness.
Source: Al-Bukhari, Muslim
Invocation for Knowledge
O Allah, benefit me with what You have taught me, teach me that which will benefit me, and increase me in knowledge.
Source: At-Tirmidhi, Ibn Majah
Invocation upon Entering Home
O Allah, I ask You for the best of entry and the best of exit. In the name of Allah we enter, in the name of Allah we exit, and in our Lord we place our trust.
Source: Abu Dawud
Protection against the Evil Eye
I seek refuge in the perfect words of Allah from every demon and harmful thing and from every evil eye.
Source: Al-Bukhari, Muslim
Invocation after Ablution
I bear witness that there is no deity worthy of worship but Allah, alone without partner, and I bear witness that Muhammad is His servant and Messenger.
Source: Muslim
Invocation for Parents
O my Lord, have mercy on them as they brought me up when I was young.
Source: Quran, Surah Al-Isra, 17:24
Request for Forgiveness and Mercy
Our Lord, give us a good portion in this world and a good portion in the Hereafter, and protect us from the punishment of the Fire.
Source: Quran, Surah Al-Baqarah, 2:201
Invocation upon Entering the Mosque
O Allah, open for me the doors of Your mercy.
Source: Muslim
Invocation for Breaking the Fast
The thirst has gone, the veins are moistened, and the reward is confirmed, if Allah wills.
Source: Abu Dawud
Request for Patience
O Allah, I ask You for forgiveness and well-being in this world and in the Hereafter.
Source: Ibn Majah
Invocation upon Entering the Toilet
O Allah, I seek refuge with You from impurities and harmful creatures.
Source: Al-Bukhari, Muslim
Invocation upon Exiting the Toilet
I ask Your forgiveness.
Source: Abu Dawud, Tirmidhi
Invocation for Marriage
May Allah bless you, may He shower His blessings upon you, and may He unite you in goodness.
Source: Abu Dawud, Tirmidhi
Invocation for a Newborn
O Allah, make him a righteous and God-fearing child, and let him grow in Islam with a good upbringing.
Source: Ibn As-Sunni
Request for Success
Our Lord, grant us mercy from Yourself and facilitate for us guidance in our affairs.
Source: Quran, Surah Al-Kahf, 18:10
Protection against All Harm
In the name of Allah with Whom nothing can cause harm neither on earth nor in the heavens, and He is the All-Hearing, the All-Knowing.
Source: Abu Dawud, Tirmidhi
Request for Ease in Difficulties
O Allah, nothing is easy except what You make easy, and You make the difficult easy when You will.
Source: Ibn Hibban, Ibn As-Sunni
Request for Provision
O Allah, suffice me with what You have made lawful against what You have forbidden, and enrich me by Your grace beyond anyone else.
Source: Tirmidhi
Invocation for Wearing Clothes
Praise be to Allah who has clothed me with this garment and provided it for me without any power or strength from myself.
Source: Abu Dawud, Tirmidhi
Protection against Envy
O Allah, I seek refuge with You from the evil of the envier when he envies.
Source: Quran, Surah Al-Falaq, 113:5
Invocation for Hajj or Umrah
Here I am, O Allah, here I am. Here I am, You have no partner, here I am. Indeed, the praise, the grace, and the dominion belong to You, You have no partner.
Source: Muslim
Request for Strengthening Faith
O Allah, increase my faith, my certainty, and my understanding.
Source: Ibn As-Sunni
Request for Forgiveness of Sins
O Allah, You are Forgiving, You love to forgive, so forgive me.
Source: Tirmidhi, Ibn Majah
Request for Good Character
O Allah, beautify my character as You have beautified my creation.
Source: Ahmad
Protection against the Fire of Hell
O Allah, protect me from the fire of Hell.
Source: Muslim
Request for Entry into Paradise
O Allah, I ask You for Paradise.
Source: Tirmidhi
Protection against Fear
Allah is sufficient for me, there is no deity worthy of worship but Him, in Him I place my trust, and He is the Lord of the Mighty Throne.
Source: Abu Dawud, Tirmidhi
Request for Forgiveness in Assembly
Glory be to You, O Allah, and praise be to You. I bear witness that there is no deity worthy of worship but You, I ask Your forgiveness and I repent to You.
Source: Tirmidhi, An-Nasa’i
Invocation for a New Month
O Allah, let this month come upon us with security, faith, peace, and Islam, and protection from the accursed devil.
Source: Tirmidhi
Protection against Diseases
O Allah, I seek refuge with You from leprosy, madness, elephantiasis, and severe diseases.
Source: Abu Dawoud, An-Nasa’i
Request for Ease in Affairs
O Allah, facilitate and do not make difficult, O our Lord, complete this with good.
Source: Al-Bayhaqi
Protection against Poverty
O Allah, I seek refuge with You from poverty, insufficiency, and humiliation, and I seek refuge with You from oppressing or being oppressed.
Source: Abu Dawoud, An-Nasa’i
Blessing for the House
O Allah, bless our house and increase us in its goodness.
Source: Ibn As-Sunni
Invocation for Rain (Istisqa)
O Allah, give us rain that brings salvation, is pleasant, beneficial, not harmful, immediate, and not delayed.
Source: Abu Dawoud
Request for Guidance and Mercy
Our Lord, do not let our hearts deviate after You have guided us, and grant us mercy from Yourself, for You are the Bestower.
Source: Quran, Surah Al-Imran, 3:8
Protection against Satan
I seek refuge with Allah from the accursed devil.
Source: Quran, Surah An-Nahl, 16:98