Duʿāʾ for exams, study, and ease in a hard task
The Sunnah does not have a supplication named for exams; it has supplications for ease, for an opened chest, and for knowledge that benefits — the words of the Prophet ﷺ and of Mūsā before his hardest task. Students have turned to these for centuries.
اللَّهُمَّ لاَ سَهْلَ إِلاَّ مَا جَعَلْتَهُ سَهْلاً، وَأَنْتَ تَجْعَلُ الْحَزَنَ إِذَا شِئْتَ سَهْلاً
"O Allah, nothing is easy except what You have made easy. And You make what is hard — if You will — easy."
رَبِّ اشْرَحْ لِي صَدْرِي، وَيَسِّرْ لِي أَمْرِي، وَاحْلُلْ عُقْدَةً مِّن لِّسَانِي يَفْقَهُوا قَوْلِي
"My Lord, open my chest for me, ease my task, and loosen the knot from my tongue so they understand what I say."
رَبِّ زِدْنِي عِلْمًا
"My Lord, increase me in knowledge."
اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ عِلْمًا نَافِعًا، وَرِزْقًا طَيِّبًا، وَعَمَلاً مُتَقَبَّلاً
"O Allah, I ask You for beneficial knowledge, wholesome provision, and deeds that are accepted."
More supplications by need
- Duʿāʾ for anxiety and distress
- Duʿāʾ for forgiveness
- Duʿāʾ for hardship and difficulty
- Duʿāʾ for knowledge and studying
- Duʿāʾ for protection
- Duʿāʾ for travel
- Duʿāʾ before sleep
- Duʿāʾ for grief and loss
- Morning duʿāʾ (adhkār al-ṣabāḥ)
- Evening duʿāʾ (adhkār al-masāʾ)
- Duʿāʾ before and after eating
- Duʿāʾ for leaving and entering the home
- Duʿāʾ inside the prayer (ṣalāh)
- How to make duʿāʾ — the etiquette