Hidayah Steps

Duas

Duas for every day

Short duas for the moments of a normal day, each with the Arabic, the words written in English letters, a translation, and the hadith or verse it comes from.

Only duas with a known source are included. Where a source could not be confirmed, the dua was left out. Before you pray, see how to make wudu and how to pray, which have the duas for each step.

Everyday words

Before starting anything:

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ

Bismillaah

In the Name of Allah.

Source: Bukhari: 5376

For good news or any blessing:

اَلْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ

Alhamdu lillaah

All praise is for Allah.

Source: Ibn Majah: 3805

On seeing something wonderful:

سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ

Sub’hanallah

How perfect Allah is

Source: Bukhari: 6218

On seeing the greatness of Allah:

اَللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ

Allahu Akbaar

Allah is great.

Source: Bukhari: 6218

When speaking of something you will do:

إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ

inshaa'Allah

If Allah wills.

Source: Sura Al Kahf: 23-24

Greeting someone:

اَلسَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ وَرَحْمَةُ اللَّهِ وَبَرَكَاتُهُ

As-salaamu 'alaykum wara'hmatullaahi wa barakaatuh

Peace be upon you, and the Mercy of Allah and His Blessings.

Source: Sahih. Abu Dawud: 5195

Thanking someone:

جَزَاكَ اللَّهُ خَيْرًا

JazaakAllahu khayran

May Allah reward you with good.

Source: [1] Bukhari: 336 [2] Sahih. Tirmidhi: 2035

When you sneeze:

اَلْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ

Alhamdu lillaah

All praise is for Allah.

Source: [1] Bukhari: 6224 [2] Sahih. Tirmidhi: 2741

When someone sneezes and praises Allah:

يَرْحَمُكَ اللَّهُ

Yarhamuk-Allah

May Allah have mercy upon you.

Source: Bukhari: 6224

After saying something wrong:

أَسْتَغْفِرُ اللَّهَ

astaghfir-ullaah

I seek Allah’s forgiveness.

Source: Sura Muhammad: 19

Seeking refuge from Satan:

أَعُوْذُ بِاللَّهِ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ الرَّجِيْمِ

A'oodhu billaahi minash-Shaytaanir-rajeem

I seek refuge in Allah from Satan the outcast.

Source: Muslim: 2203

When hardship or loss strikes:

إِنَّا لِلَّهِ وَإِنَّا إِلَيْهِ رَاجِعُوْنَ

Innaa lillaahi wa 'innaa 'ilayhi raaji'oon

We are from Allah and unto Him we return.

Source: Sura Bakara 2:156

Waking up

On waking, the Prophet ﷺ would say:

اَلْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي أَحْيَانَا بَعْدَ مَا أَمَاتَنَا، وَإِلَيْهِ النُّشُوْرُ

Alhamdu lillaahil-ladhee 'ahyaanaa ba'da maa 'amaatanaa wa'ilayhin-nushoor

All praise is for Allah who gave us life after having taken it from us and unto Him is the resurrection.

Source: Al-Bukhari, cf. Al-Asqalani, Fathul-Bari 11/113 no. 6314; Muslim 4/2083 no. 2711

Going to sleep

When the Prophet ﷺ went to bed, he would put his hand under his cheek and say:

اَللَّهُمَّ بِاسْمِكَ أَمُوْتُ وَأَحْيَا

Allaahumma bismika amutu wa a'h-yaa

O Allah, in Your Name I die and I live.

Source: Bukhari: 6314

Ayat al-Kursi (Al-Baqarah 2:255)

Read when lying down to sleep.

ٱللَّهُ لَآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ ٱلۡحَيُّ ٱلۡقَيُّومُۚ لَا تَأۡخُذُهُۥ سِنَةٞ وَلَا نَوۡمٞۚ لَّهُۥ مَا فِي ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَمَا فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِۗ مَن ذَا ٱلَّذِي يَشۡفَعُ عِندَهُۥٓ إِلَّا بِإِذۡنِهِۦۚ يَعۡلَمُ مَا بَيۡنَ أَيۡدِيهِمۡ وَمَا خَلۡفَهُمۡۖ وَلَا يُحِيطُونَ بِشَيۡءٖ مِّنۡ عِلۡمِهِۦٓ إِلَّا بِمَا شَآءَۚ وَسِعَ كُرۡسِيُّهُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضَۖ وَلَا يَـُٔودُهُۥ حِفۡظُهُمَاۚ وَهُوَ ٱلۡعَلِيُّ ٱلۡعَظِيمُ

Allah - there is no deity except Him, the Ever-Living, the Sustainer of [all] 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 [presently] 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 Most Great (Al-Baqarah 2:255)

Why it is read here: Al-Bukhari, Fathul Bari 4/487, no. 2311

The last two verses of Al-Baqarah (2:285–286)

Whoever recites them at night, they suffice for him.

ءَامَنَ ٱلرَّسُولُ بِمَآ أُنزِلَ إِلَيۡهِ مِن رَّبِّهِۦ وَٱلۡمُؤۡمِنُونَۚ كُلٌّ ءَامَنَ بِٱللَّهِ وَمَلَـٰٓئِكَتِهِۦ وَكُتُبِهِۦ وَرُسُلِهِۦ لَا نُفَرِّقُ بَيۡنَ أَحَدٖ مِّن رُّسُلِهِۦۚ وَقَالُواْ سَمِعۡنَا وَأَطَعۡنَاۖ غُفۡرَانَكَ رَبَّنَا وَإِلَيۡكَ ٱلۡمَصِيرُ

The Messenger has believed in what was revealed to him from his Lord, and [so have] the believers. All of them have believed in Allah and His angels and His books and His messengers, [saying], "We make no distinction between any of His messengers." And they say, "We hear and we obey. [We seek] Your forgiveness, our Lord, and to You is the [final] destination (Al-Baqarah 2:285)

لَا يُكَلِّفُ ٱللَّهُ نَفۡسًا إِلَّا وُسۡعَهَاۚ لَهَا مَا كَسَبَتۡ وَعَلَيۡهَا مَا ٱكۡتَسَبَتۡۗ رَبَّنَا لَا تُؤَاخِذۡنَآ إِن نَّسِينَآ أَوۡ أَخۡطَأۡنَاۚ رَبَّنَا وَلَا تَحۡمِلۡ عَلَيۡنَآ إِصۡرٗا كَمَا حَمَلۡتَهُۥ عَلَى ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبۡلِنَاۚ رَبَّنَا وَلَا تُحَمِّلۡنَا مَا لَا طَاقَةَ لَنَا بِهِۦۖ وَٱعۡفُ عَنَّا وَٱغۡفِرۡ لَنَا وَٱرۡحَمۡنَآۚ أَنتَ مَوۡلَىٰنَا فَٱنصُرۡنَا عَلَى ٱلۡقَوۡمِ ٱلۡكَٰفِرِينَ

Allah does not charge a soul except [with that within] its capacity. It will have [the consequence of] what [good] it has gained, and it will bear [the consequence of] what [evil] it has earned. "Our Lord, do not impose blame upon us if we have forgotten or erred. Our Lord, and lay not upon us a burden like that which You laid upon those before us. Our Lord, and burden us not with that which we have no ability to bear. And pardon us; and forgive us; and have mercy upon us. You are our protector, so give us victory over the disbelieving people (Al-Baqarah 2:286)

Why it is read here: Al-Bukhari, Fathul Bari 9/94, Muslim 1/554, no. 807

Al-Ikhlas, Al-Falaq and An-Nas

قُلۡ هُوَ ٱللَّهُ أَحَدٌ

Say, "He is Allah, [who is] One (Al-Ikhlas 112:1)

ٱللَّهُ ٱلصَّمَدُ

Allah, the Eternal Refuge (Al-Ikhlas 112:2)

لَمۡ يَلِدۡ وَلَمۡ يُولَدۡ

He neither begets nor is born (Al-Ikhlas 112:3)

وَلَمۡ يَكُن لَّهُۥ كُفُوًا أَحَدُۢ

Nor is there to Him any equivalent (Al-Ikhlas 112:4)

قُلۡ أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ ٱلۡفَلَقِ

Say, "I seek refuge in the Lord of daybreak (Al-Falaq 113:1)

مِن شَرِّ مَا خَلَقَ

From the evil of that which He created (Al-Falaq 113:2)

وَمِن شَرِّ غَاسِقٍ إِذَا وَقَبَ

And from the evil of darkness when it settles (Al-Falaq 113:3)

وَمِن شَرِّ ٱلنَّفَّـٰثَٰتِ فِي ٱلۡعُقَدِ

And from the evil of the blowers in knots (Al-Falaq 113:4)

وَمِن شَرِّ حَاسِدٍ إِذَا حَسَدَ

And from the evil of an envier when he envies (Al-Falaq 113:5)

قُلۡ أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ ٱلنَّاسِ

Say, "I seek refuge in the Lord of mankind (An-Nas 114:1)

مَلِكِ ٱلنَّاسِ

The Sovereign of mankind (An-Nas 114:2)

إِلَٰهِ ٱلنَّاسِ

The God of mankind (An-Nas 114:3)

مِن شَرِّ ٱلۡوَسۡوَاسِ ٱلۡخَنَّاسِ

From the evil of the retreating whisperer (An-Nas 114:4)

ٱلَّذِي يُوَسۡوِسُ فِي صُدُورِ ٱلنَّاسِ

Who whispers [evil] into the breasts of mankind (An-Nas 114:5)

مِنَ ٱلۡجِنَّةِ وَٱلنَّاسِ

From among the jinn and mankind (An-Nas 114:6)

Why it is read here: Bukhari: 5017

Getting dressed

When putting on clothes:

اَلْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي كَسَانِيْ هَذَا الثَّوْبَ وَرَزَقَنِيْهِ مِنْ غَيْرِ حَوْلٍ مِنِّيْ وَلَا قُوَّةٍ

Alhamdu lillaahil-ladhee kasaanee haadhaa aththawba wa razaqaneehi min ghayri hawlim-minnee wa laa quwwah

All Praise is for Allah who has clothed me with this garment and provided it for me, with no power nor might from myself.

Source: Hasan (Albani). Abu Dawud: 4023

Leaving and coming home

When leaving home:

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ تَوَكَّلْتُ عَلَى اللَّهِ لَا حَوْلَ وَلَا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِاللَّهِ

bismillaahi, tawakkaltu 'alal-laahi, laa hawla wa laa quwwata illaa billaah

In the name of Allah, I place my trust in Allah and there is no might nor power except with Allah.

Source: Sahih (Albani). Abu Dawud: 5095

When entering home:

اَللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ خَيْرَ الْمَوْلِجِ وَخَيْرَ الْمَخْرَجِ بِسْمِ اللَّهِ وَلَجْنَا وَبِسْمِ اللَّهِ خَرَجْنَا وَعَلَى اللَّهِ رَبِّنَا تَوَكَّلْنَا

Allaahumma inni as'aluka khairal-mawliji wa khairal-makhraji. Bismillahi wa lajna, wa bismillahi kharajna, wa 'al-Allahi rabbina tawakkalna

O Allah! I ask Thee for good both when entering and when going out; in the name of Allah we have entered, and in the name of Allah we have gone out, and in Allah our Lord do we trust.

Source: Hasan (Ibn Baz). Abu Dawud: 5096

The toilet

Before entering the toilet:

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ، اَللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوْذُ بِكَ مِنَ الْخُبُثِ وَالْخَبَائِثِ

Bismillaah, Allaahumma 'innee 'A'oodhu bika minal-khubuthi walkhabaa'ith

In the Name of Allah. O Allah, I seek protection in You from the male and female unclean spirits.

Source: Bukhari: 142

After leaving the toilet:

غُفْرَانَكَ

Gufraanak

I ask You (Allah) for forgiveness.

Source: Sahih (Albani). Abu Dawud: 30

Wudu

Before wudu:

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ

Bismillaah

In the Name of Allah

Source: Irwa'ul-Ghalil 1/122 ,Ibn Majah No. 397

After wudu:

أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَحْدَهُ لَا شَرِيْكَ لَهُ وَأَشْهَدُ أَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا عَبْدُهُ وَرَسُوْلُهُ

Ash-hadu 'an laa 'ilaaha 'illAllahu wahdahu laa shareeka lahu wa 'ash-hadu 'anna Muhammadan 'abduhu wa Rasooluhu

I bear witness that none has the right to be worshipped but Allah alone, Who has no partner; and I bear witness that Muhammad is His slave and His Messenger (ﷺ).

Source: Muslim: 234 , 576

The mosque

Entering the mosque:

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ، وَالصَّلَاةُ وَالسَّلَامُ عَلَى رَسُوْلِ اللَّهِ، اَللَّهُمَّ افْتَحْ لِي أَبْوَابَ رَحْمَتِكَ

Bismillaahi, Wassalaatu Wassalaamu 'alaa Rasoolillaah. Allahum-maftah lee 'abwaaba rahmatik.

In the Name of Allah, And blessings and peace be upon the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ). O Allah, open before me the doors of Your mercy.

Source: Sahih (Albani). Abu Dawud: 465, Muslim: 713

Leaving the mosque:

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ وَالصَّلَاةُ وَالسَّلَامُ عَلَى رَسُوْلِ اللَّهِ، اَللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ مِنْ فَضْلِكَ، اَللَّهُمَّ اعْصِمْنِي مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ الرَّجِيمِ

Bismillaahi wassalaatu wassalaamu 'alaa Rasoolillaah, Allaahumma 'innee 'as'aluka min fadhlik, Allaahumma'simnee minash-Shaytaanir-rajeem.

In the Name of Allah, and peace and blessings be upon the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ). O Allah, I ask for Your favor, O Allah, protect me from Satan the outcast.

Source: Sahih (Albani). Ibn Majah: 773

Eating

Before eating:

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ

Bismillaah

In the Name of Allah.

Source: Tirmidhi 4/254, No. 1858

If you forgot to say it at the start:

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ فِي أَوَّلِهِ وَآخِرِهِ

Bismillahi fi-awwalihi wa akhirihi

In the name of Allah, in the beginning and in the end.

Source: Sahih. Tirmidhi: 1858

After eating:

اَلْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي أَطْعَمَنِيْ هَذَا وَرَزَقَنِيْهِ مِنْ غَيْرِ حَوْلٍ مِنِّي وَلَا قُوَّةٍ

Alhamdu lillaahil-lathee 'at'amanee haathaa, wa razaqaneehi, min ghayri hawlin minnee wa laa quwwah

Praise is to Allah Who has given me this food and sustained me with it though I was unable to doit and powerless.

Source: Hasan. Ibn Majah: 3285

Morning and evening

Say three times:

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الَّذِيْ لَا يَضُرُّ مَعَ اسْمِهِ شَيْءٌ فِي الْأَرْضِ وَلَا فِي السَّمَاءِ وَهُوَ السَّمِيعُ الْعَلِيمُ

Bismillaahil-lathee laa yadhurru ma'as-mihi shay'un fil-'ardhi wa laa fis-samaa'i wa Huwas-Samee 'ul- 'Aleem.

In the name of Allah with whose name nothing is harmed on earth nor in the heavens and He is The All-Seeing, The All-Knowing.

Source: Sahih (Albani). Abu Dawud: 5088

In the evening:

أَعُوْذُ بِكَلِمَاتِ اللَّهِ التَّامَّاتِ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا خَلَقَ

A'oodhu bikalimaatil-laahit-taammaati min sharri maa khalaq

I take refuge in Allah's perfect words from the evil He has created.

Source: Muslim: 2708, 2709

سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ وَبِحَمْدِهِ

Sub’hanallahi wa bi’hamdihi

Glory and praise is to Allah

Source: Bukhari: 6405, Muslim: 2692

Al-Ikhlas, Al-Falaq and An-Nas

Three times each.

قُلۡ هُوَ ٱللَّهُ أَحَدٌ

Say, "He is Allah, [who is] One (Al-Ikhlas 112:1)

ٱللَّهُ ٱلصَّمَدُ

Allah, the Eternal Refuge (Al-Ikhlas 112:2)

لَمۡ يَلِدۡ وَلَمۡ يُولَدۡ

He neither begets nor is born (Al-Ikhlas 112:3)

وَلَمۡ يَكُن لَّهُۥ كُفُوًا أَحَدُۢ

Nor is there to Him any equivalent (Al-Ikhlas 112:4)

قُلۡ أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ ٱلۡفَلَقِ

Say, "I seek refuge in the Lord of daybreak (Al-Falaq 113:1)

مِن شَرِّ مَا خَلَقَ

From the evil of that which He created (Al-Falaq 113:2)

وَمِن شَرِّ غَاسِقٍ إِذَا وَقَبَ

And from the evil of darkness when it settles (Al-Falaq 113:3)

وَمِن شَرِّ ٱلنَّفَّـٰثَٰتِ فِي ٱلۡعُقَدِ

And from the evil of the blowers in knots (Al-Falaq 113:4)

وَمِن شَرِّ حَاسِدٍ إِذَا حَسَدَ

And from the evil of an envier when he envies (Al-Falaq 113:5)

قُلۡ أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ ٱلنَّاسِ

Say, "I seek refuge in the Lord of mankind (An-Nas 114:1)

مَلِكِ ٱلنَّاسِ

The Sovereign of mankind (An-Nas 114:2)

إِلَٰهِ ٱلنَّاسِ

The God of mankind (An-Nas 114:3)

مِن شَرِّ ٱلۡوَسۡوَاسِ ٱلۡخَنَّاسِ

From the evil of the retreating whisperer (An-Nas 114:4)

ٱلَّذِي يُوَسۡوِسُ فِي صُدُورِ ٱلنَّاسِ

Who whispers [evil] into the breasts of mankind (An-Nas 114:5)

مِنَ ٱلۡجِنَّةِ وَٱلنَّاسِ

From among the jinn and mankind (An-Nas 114:6)

Why it is read here: Hasan (Albani). Abu Dawud: 5082

When you are worried

In hardship:

يَا حَيُّ يَا قَيُّوْمُ، بِرَحْمَتِكَ أَسْتَغِيْثُ

Ya ‘hayyi-u ya qayyumu bira’hmatika astagith

O Ever Living, O Self-Subsisting and Supporter of all, by Your mercy I seek assistance.

Source: Hasan (Albani). Tirmidhi: 3524

The dua of Prophet Yunus (Dhun-Nun) from inside the whale:

لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ سُبْحَانَكَ إِنِّي كُنْتُ مِنَ الظَّالِمِينَ

Laa 'ilaaha 'illaa 'Anta subhaanaka 'innee kuntu minadh-dhaalimeen

There is none worthy of worship but You, glory is to You. Surely, I was among the wrongdoers.

Source: [1] Surah Ambia: 87 [2] At-Tirmidhi: 3505

At times of distress, the Prophet ﷺ would say:

لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ، الْعَظِيْمُ الْحَلِيْمُ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ، رَبُّ الْعَرْشِ الْعَظِيْمِ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ، رَبُّ السَّمَاوَاتِ، وَرَبُّ الْأَرْضِ، وَرَبُّ الْعَرْشِ الْكَرِيْمِ

Laa 'ilaaha 'illAllaahul-'Adheemul-Haleem, laa 'ilaaha 'illAllaahu Rabbul-'Arshil-'Adheem, laa 'ilaaha 'illAllaahu Rabbus-samaawaati wa Rabbul-'ardi wa Rabbul-'Arshil-Kareem

There is none worthy of worship but Allah the Mighty, the Forbearing. There is none worthy of worship but Allah, Lord of the Magnificent Throne. There is none worthy of worship but Allah, Lord of the heavens and Lord of the earth, and Lord of the Noble Throne.

Source: [1] Bukhari: 6346 [2] Sahih Ibn Hibban 3/147, Musnad Ahmad 194

Asking forgiveness

The best way to ask forgiveness (Sayyid al-Istighfar):

اَللَّهُمَّ أَنْتَ رَبِّي لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ، خَلَقْتَنِيْ وَأَنَا عَبْدُكَ وَأَنَا عَلَى عَهْدِكَ وَوَعْدِكَ مَا اسْتَطَعْتُ، أَعُوْذُ بِكَ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا صَنَعْتُ أَبُوءُ لَكَ بِنِعْمَتِكَ عَلَيَّ، وَأَبُوءُ بِذَنْبِيْ فَاغْفِرْ لِي فَإِنَّهُ لَا يَغْفِرُ الذُّنُوبَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ

Allaahumma anta rabbee laa ilaaha illaa anta, khalaqtanee wa-ana ‘abduka, wa-ana ‘alaa ‘ahdika wawa‘dika mas-tata‘tu, a‘oothu bika min sharri maa sana‘tu, aboo-o laka bini‘matika ‘alayya, wa-aboo-o bithanbee, faghfir lee fa-innahu laa yaghfirudh dhunooba illaa anta

O Allah, You are my Lord, none has the right to be worshipped except You, You created me and I am Your servant and I abide to Your covenant and promise as best I can, I take refuge in You from the evil of which I have committed. I acknowledge Your favour upon me and I acknowledge my sin, so forgive me, for verily none can forgive sin except You.

Source: Bukhari: 6306

A hundred times a day:

أَسْتَغْفِرُ اللَّهَ وَأَتُوبُ إِلَيْهِ

Astaghfirullaaha wa 'atoobu 'ilayhi.

I seek Allah's forgiveness and I turn to Him in repentance.

Source: Bukhari: 6307, Muslim: 2702

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